[DNS] domain name news - January 10

[DNS] domain name news - January 10

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> Don't forget to check out http://auda.org.au/domain-news/ for today's
> edition of the complete domain news, including an RSS feed - already
> online!
>
>
> Headlines from the January 14 edition of the news include:
> Chairman of cyberspace has right stuff | ICANN Accountability and
> Transparency Document Released | ICANN: Global Policy Proposal for
> Remaining IPv4 Address Space ? Background Report | 'Dashboard' Allows
> Window into ICANN Performance | Do you believe in Transition? by Paul
> Levins | One million .fr domain names | Domain-Name Disputes at an
> All-Time High | Expert: Alta. premier won't win web fight | us: Adding
an
> 'e' before a trademark in a domain name is dilution | Domain Name Front
> Running Practice Criticized | Network Solutions may change controversial

> domain-name policy | Network Solutions amends Net registration process |

> Are Registries Aiding And Abetting Front Running? | After furor, Network

> Solutions stands by name policy | Understanding Search Usability - Part
2
>
>
> And see my website - http://technewsreview.com.au/ - for daily updates
in
> between postings.
>
>
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>
> New Delhi Meeting Hotels Information
> http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-2-08jan08.htm
>
> ICANN GNSO Initial Report on Domain Tasting
> http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-07jan08.htm
>
> ICANN and the Root Server Operators by Bret Fausett
> http://blog.lextext.com/blog/_archives/2008/1/7/3452709.html
>
> Reforming the DisGrace Period by Larry Seltzer
> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2246883,00.asp
>
> Phishing at the Top Level by Larry Seltzer
> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2246066,00.asp
>
> Competition May Be Driving Surge in Botnets, Spam
> http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=142690
>
> DDOS Botnets Thriving, Threatening
> http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=142826
>
> Storm Botnet Turned Toward Phishing Attacks
> http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=142828
>
> au: Ponting hits fake website for six
>
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/EA04011021EB4A8FCC2573CB00750392
>
> ca: Ed Stelmach, Alberta premier, takes on cybersquatter
> http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=3664
>
> Registrar denies 'front-running' Net registration
> http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9846487-7.html
>
> NSI Accused of Domain Front Running
>
http://tcattorney.typepad.com/anticybersquatting_consum/2008/01/nsi-accuse
d-of.html
>
> ICANN fights naming loophole [AP]
>
http://news.smh.com.au/web-authority-fights-naming-loophole/20080110-1l3r.
html
>
>
> **********************
> DOMAIN NAMES
> **********************
>
> **********************
> - ICANN
> **********************
> New Delhi Meeting Hotels Information
> ICANN has posted hotel information to help participants prepare for
> ICANN's 31 st International Public Meeting in New Delhi, India from
10-15
> February 2008. 'New Delhi, similar to other international cities in high

> season, is expensive' said Paul Levins, Executive Officer and Vice
> President Corporate Affairs. ICANN and the meeting local hosts have
worked
> to achieve lower rates for participants. 'This negotiation has taken
some
> time, but we are now holding rooms at negotiated rates. These rates are
> still high, ranging from US$354 to over US$400, but they are cheaper
than
> the published rates' he said.
> http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-2-08jan08.htm
>
> ICANN GNSO Initial Report on Domain Tasting
> The "GNSO Initial Report on Domain Tasting" has been posted for comment.

> The comment period will be from 8 January 2008 to 28 January 2008.
> http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-07jan08.htm
>
> ICANN and the Root Server Operators by Bret Fausett
> On Friday, ICANN announced that it had reached an agreement for the
> management of the F Root Server with the Internet Software Consortium.
It
> might have been a bigger deal had they actually linked a copy of the
> agreement. I've asked for a copy, and ICANN's press point person on this

> announcement, Jason Keenan, has kindly offered to hunt it down.
> http://blog.lextext.com/blog/_archives/2008/1/7/3452709.html
>
> Reforming the DisGrace Period by Larry Seltzer
> Opinion: Another step has been taken on the long, plodding path to maybe

> addressing the problem of Domain Tasting. ICANN GNSO has been studying
the
> problem of Domain Tasting for months now in their usual thorough manner.
I
> wrote about the study several months ago and said I expected no prompt
> action. They have gotten to the point of issuing an initial report. This

> report discusses the input received by the GNSO during the study.
>
http://www.esp.eweek.com/article/Reforming+the+DisGrace+Period/223167_1.as
px
> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2246883,00.asp
>
> ICANN GNSO Council Invites Recommendations for Future Studies on WHOIS
> Public comments are invited until 15 February on recommendations for
> future studies on the WHOIS system.
> http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-08jan08.htm
>
> **********************
> - DNS SECURITY
> **********************
> Phishing at the Top Level by Larry Seltzer
> Opinion: ICANN and overbearing governments are gearing up for a major
> expansion of the attack surface of the DNS.: The use of domain names in
> most phishing is relatively crude, You see a lot of names like
> www.somefreewebsite.com/~ingrid/www.bankofamerica.com/.... There's no
SSL,
> and the tricky part of the domain name is off to the right. A user would

> really have to ignore the domain name and focus on the body of the page,

> which is where the real phishing expertise comes in.
> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2246066,00.asp
>
> Botnets: The new political activism
> As the United States' presidential candidates pinball their way across
New
> Hampshire on the day of the state's closely watched primary elections, a

> new form of grassroots activism appears to be taking root across the
> Atlantic, in Eastern Europe, that melds dirty pool tactics with the
> cutting edge of malware technology.
> http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1174247642;fp;2;fpid;1
>
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/01/08/Botnets-The-new-political-activi
sm_1.html
>
> Competition May Be Driving Surge in Botnets, Spam
> A price war may be at least partially responsible for the recent
increase
> in spam and botnet activity on the Internet, a researcher suggested this

> week. The operators of Nugache, one of the Web's most sophisticated
> emerging botnets, appear to be expanding their network and slashing
prices
> to customers who want to use it to distribute spam, according to
> researcher Paul Henry, vice president of technology evangelism at Secure

> Computing Corp.
> http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=142690
>
> DDOS Botnets Thriving, Threatening
> U.S. researchers are closely tracking several Russian botnets that have
> hammered Eastern European e-commerce and government-related Websites
with
> distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks over the past year -- and
> they worry that larger, politically inspired DDOS attacks may be on the
> horizon. The botnets use inconspicuous HTML Web-based communications to
> issue their bot commands to the infected clients they use for their
> attacks. They deploy the so-called Machbot, Barracuda, and BlackEnergy
bot
> code packages, according to the researchers.
> http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=142826
>
> Storm Botnet Turned Toward Phishing Attacks
> First it was spam, then it was denial of service. Now the operators of
> Storm have found a new use for the botnet: phishing. Phishers
masquerading
> as Barclays Bank and the Halifax unit of the National Bank of Scotland
are
> now pumping out bogus messages to unwary users, according to separate
> alerts issued by Fortinet and Trend Micro last night.
> http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=142828
>
> Storm For Rent
> For nearly a year, cyber-security researchers have tracked the Storm
worm
> as its malicious code spread across the Internet, drawing computers into
a
> growing botnet of hijacked computers. Now, they've found evidence that
> segments of its zombie army are being rented to the highest bidder.
>
http://www.forbes.com/technology/2008/01/09/storm-worm-cybercrime-tech-sec
urity-cx_ag_0109storm.html
>
> Storm splinters, starts phishing, say researchers
>Part of the Storm botnet appears to have been rented out to identity
>thieves, who are using it to conduct traditional phishing attacks that
>target customers of a pair of U.K.-based banks, researchers said today.
Two
>recent phishing attacks -- one aimed at customers of Barclays, the second

>at account holders of the Bank of Scotland -- appear to be coming from
>domains associated with known campaigns designed to build out the botnet
of
>Storm-infected PCs.
>
http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articl
eId=9056658
>
> **********************
> - DOMAIN DISPUTES
> **********************
> au: Ponting hits fake website for six
> Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting has filed a claim in the
Federal
> Court to shut down an unauthorised website and is seeking damages
against
> the owner of the domain name.
>
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/EA04011021EB4A8FCC2573CB00750392
>
> David Beats Goliath, Dori Media International Loses Battle for Domain
> Fred McCaw was a bit late to the domain market. Getting started in 1999,

> he realized all of the good english-language domains were registered. So

> he registered generic domains in foreign languages, including his native

> Filipino. The first domain he registered was Rebelde.com, which means
> ?rebel? in Spanish and Filipino. Over the holidays McCaw successfully
> defended a reverse domain hijacking attempt by media company Dori Media
> International, which has a spanish language soap opera called ?Rebelde?.
>
http://domainnamewire.com/2008/01/07/david-beats-goliath-dori-media-intern
ational-loses-battle-for-domain/
>
> ca: Ed Stelmach, Alberta premier, takes on cybersquatter
> The Premier of the Canadian state of Alberta, Ed Stelmach, has taken on
a
> young blogger and university student who bought the domain name
> edstelmach.ca alleging the domain name was registered in bad faith. Dave

> Cournoyer, who hosts the popular website ?daveberta? bought the domain
> name in April 2007, around four months after Mr Stelmach became premier.
>
http://www.domainpulse.com/2008/01/09/ed-stelmach-alberta-premier-takes-on
-cybersquatter/
>
> Alberta Premier to blogger: getlost.now [Canadian Press]
> Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach may be heading for a legal showdown with a
> young blogger who bought the rights to the Internet domain
edstelmach.ca.
>
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080108.wstelmachdotca
0108/BNStory/National/home
> http://www.cbc.ca/cp/technology/080108/z010813A.html
> http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Alberta/2008/01/08/4758603.html
>
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5h7K3_bgX9ra5JIFAPRb5YflS8yxQ
>
> ca: Alberta premier threatens to sue over domain name
> Premier Ed Stelmach is ready to take legal action against a university
> student who bought the rights to the domain name edstelmach.ca.
> http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=3664
> http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2008/01/08/stelmach-website.html
>
> Premier may sue over domain name [CanWest News]
> Premier Ed Stelmach is threatening to sue an Edmonton blogger over the
use
> of the domain name "edstelmach.ca."
>
http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/story.html?id=ce322abe-3b60-451
3-9573-83f617a68c2e
>
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/politics/story.html?id=8b9ac07f-966b-4fd
6-bbbb-db028ee1c31b
> http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=223898
>
> Ed Stelmach vs. edstelmach.ca
> Ed Stelmach, the Alberta Tories' Harry Strom, is angry that a local
> Liberal, David Cournoyer beat him to the punch to register the domain
name
> www.edstelmach.ca.
> http://westernstandard.blogs.com/shotgun/2008/01/ed-stelmach-vs.html
>
> **********************
> - MISCELLANEOUS
> **********************
> Google?s domain name ambitions become clearer
> Ever since Google became an ICANN accredited domain name registrar but
> announed that the company doesn?t plan to register domains, rumors have
> swirled about what Google?s intentions are. After hearing
representatives
> of Google and the search industry speak at Search Engine Strategies NYC
> last week, I have a clearer picture of what Google wants to do. My first

> guess was mostly correct. Google will use its status as a registrar to
> better mine the WhoIs database to knock out search engine spam and to
> remove ?value? from expired domains.
>
http://domainnamewire.com/2005/03/09/googles-domain-name-ambitions-become-
clearer/
>
> Registrar denies 'front-running' Net registration
> Contrary to claims that emerged Wednesday, Network Solutions said isn't
> "front-running" the Internet address registration process, a practice in

> which a company registers a potential domain immediately after a
> prospective buyer searches to see if it's available. In fact, the
practice
> that triggered the accusation is in fact an attempt to counteract
> front-running, the company said.
> http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9846487-7.html
> http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/internet/0,39044908,62036413,00.htm
> http://www.webware.com/8301-1_109-9846487-2.html
>
> Network Solutions Responds to Front Running Accusations
> Following a post on the DomainState forum today, a number news and blogs

> have criticized Network Solutions for front running domain names that
> customers try to register.
> http://www.circleid.com/posts/81082_network_solutions_front_running/
>
> Domain Front Running by Registrars Continues to Draw Attention by Enrico

> Schaefer
> In response to accusations lodged yesterday in a post on the DomainState

> forum, NSI has issued a statement which essentially admits that it
engages
> in a form of domain front running. No one has challenged domain Front
> Running by registrars in the courts, likely because the practice is new
> and since the loss of a single domain would not typically generate a
level
> of damages to support litigation. But litigation over this arguably
> fraudulent domain practice by registrars is both viable and likely
> inevitable as noted below and further analyzed at this post on the
> Traverse Legal domain name blog here.
> http://www.circleid.com/posts/81097_domain_front_running_registrars/
>
> NSI Accused of Domain Front Running
> Ari Goldberger over at the Direct Navigation Blog picked up on a story
on
> DomainState.com and on DomainNameNews.com that once again suggests that
> people searching for domain availability at certain registrars are being

> registered by the registrar. The registrar thereby prevents a registrant

> from purchasing it at any other registrar other than the Registrar whose

> web site was used to check domain availability. This, from our point of
> view, amounts to fraud and domain theft at the registrar level and has
> earned the term domain "Front Running" a term picked up from illegal
stock
> broker practices using the same model. Network Solutions has now been
> accused of Front Running domains, a shocking accusation given NSI's
domain
> industry leader status.
>
http://tcattorney.typepad.com/anticybersquatting_consum/2008/01/nsi-accuse
d-of.html
>
> ICANN fights naming loophole [AP]
> ICANN is taking a preliminary step toward combating domain name tasting
?
> the online equivalent of buying expensive clothes on a charge card only
to
> return them for a full refund after wearing them to a party.
>
http://news.smh.com.au/web-authority-fights-naming-loophole/20080110-1l3r.
html
>
http://news.theage.com.au/web-authority-fights-naming-loophole/20080110-1l
3r.html
>
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080109.Webauthorityfi
ghtsnamingloophole/BNStory/Technology/
> http://www.telecomasia.net/article.php?type=article&id_article=6810
> http://www.thestate.com/technology-wire/story/279700.html
>
> A Better Mousetrap by Bret Fausett
> So if you start from the premise that NSI has described a real problem,
in
> which registrar queries to the registry are sniffed and sold by the
> registries themselves, is there a better way to solve the problem than
> with what NSI has done? I think so.
> http://blog.lextext.com/blog/_archives/2008/1/9/3456528.html
>
> A 'Reasonable' Explanation? by Bret Fausett
> All the news of the day continues to be about NSI's front running-domain

> tasting service. Yesterday, I said the explanation didn't hold water. A
> second explanation from NSI (on the GNSO's General Assembly mailing
list)
> starts to sound more reasonable. NSI claims that gTLD registries ("or
> ISPs") are selling registrar lookup data to third-party domain tasters,
> who then taste a domain before the customer can register it.
> http://blog.lextext.com/blog/_archives/2008/1/9/3456354.html
>
> Network Solutions exposed
> Network Solutions has been accused of registering names automatically
> whenever someone searches for them.
>
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/01/09/network-solutions-e
xposed
>
> Network Solutions: Domain Squatter
> The biggest tech news of the week isn't at the Consumer Electronics
Show.
> While bloggers and reporters attend the show, one of the most egregious
> abuses of public trust has become big news that has gone largely
> unreported. It's not Microsoft as the abuser, but registrar Network
> Solutions.
>
http://microsoft-watch.com/content/web_services_browser/network_solutions_
domain_squatter.html
>
> Network Solutions Charging For Protection
> Controversy is brewing about domain registrar company Network Solutions'

> newly instituted practice of automatically registering domain names
users
> search for and then jacking up the price during ICANN's return grace
> period. Critics call it "extortion," but Network Solutions calls it a
> service to protect customers from the practice of "front running."
>
http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/01/09/network-solutions-charging-fo
r-protection
>
> Network Solutions, Critics Spar Over Domain Front Running
> The Network Solutions practice of registering domains being searched by
> visitors to the registrar has domainers demanding action by ICANN.
>
http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/01/09/network-solutions-critics-spa
r-over-domain-front-running
>
> Network Solutions Faces PR Nightmare Over Domain FrontRunning
> Domain registrar locks domains searched on its site.
>
http://domainnamewire.com/2008/01/08/network-solutions-faces-pr-nightmare-
over-domain-frontrunning/
>
> Network Solutions registers every domain that you check
> Domain registrar Network Solutions has been caught Front Running domain
> names. Domain names searched via their whois tool are immediately
locked,
> preventing the customer from acquiring the domain from other registrars.

> The domain name is automatically released if no purchases are made from
> Network Solutions after five days.
> http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/tech-news/?p=1866
>
> Domain Registrar Network Solutions Front Running On Whois Searches
> A story is developing regarding domain name registrar Network Solutions
> front running domains. According to multiple sources on DomainState.com,

> it appears that domains searched via NSI are being purchased by the
> registrar thereby preventing a registrant from purchasing it at any
other
> registrar other than NSI. As an example, a random domain which DNN
> searches such as HowDoesThisDomainTasteTaste.com can be seen in this
whois
> search to now be unavailable to register at other registrars but at NSI
it
> can be purchased
>
http://www.domainnamenews.com/featured/domain-registrar-network-solutions-
front-running-on-whois-searches/1359
>
> Look Up a Domain Then Watch Network Solutions Register It
> Bill Hartzer has performed a very interesting piece of domain name
> research and written up a detailed synopsis on the way Network Solutions

> seems to be taking advantage of the consumers who use their domain name
> look-up tool.
>
http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2008/01/look-up-a-domain-then-watch-networ
k-solutions-register-it.html
>
> Network Solutions PR Damage Control
> Network Solutions employees, including Vice President of Policy and
Ethics
> are diligently working on PR damage control after the inevitable public
> backlash from allegations of domain name front running. NSI employee
> responses have been spotted on Domainstate, Slashdot.org and Digg.
> Additionally, DomainNameWire has a direct response from the head of PR
at
> NSI and CircleID is citing a response from VP, Jon Nevett.
>
http://www.domainnamenews.com/registrars/network-solutions-pr-damage-contr
ol/1362
>
> Network Solutions snarfing your ideas?
> If you're someone who's in the market for a domain name and think you'd
> like to test out a few ideas over mega-registrar Network Solutions,
think
> again unless you're ready to buy, immediately, and only from them.
> http://blogs.usatoday.com/techspace/2008/01/network-solutio.html
>
> NetworkSolutions Scandal: Hijacking User Domain Searches
> There has been an uproar today about a recent devious tactic being used
by
> one of the original ICANN accredited registrars, NetworkSolutions.
> Apparently they are internally registering each and every domain name
that
> a user searches for using their website, essentially holding it hostage
so
> that it can not be purchased at any other significantly cheaper and more

> ethical registrar.
>
http://www.dotsauce.com/2008/01/08/networksolutions-scandal-hijacking-doma
in-searches/
>
> RegisterFly Restarts Marketing Machine
> Disaccredited registrar restarts familiar marketing emails.
>
http://domainnamewire.com/2008/01/07/registerfly-restarts-marketing-machin
e/
>
> There is No G.com, Y.com, M.com, Why Not?
> Google?s acquisition of the one character g.cn domain for China,
reminded
> me of the old question about one and also two character domain names in
> the gTLD (generic top level domain) space like .com, .net and .org.
> http://www.searchenginejournal.com/no-gcom-ycom-mcom-why-not/6190/
>
> **********************
> - DOMAINING
> **********************
> Domain Name Investment Pays - Says Domain Name Expert John Motson in His

> New Book [news release]
> With an ever increasing number of people seeking new opportunities to
make
> money online, the Domaining Manifesto by Australian John Motson uncovers
a
> lucrative money making avenue to everyday web users. Motson is the owner

> and author of acclaimed domain name blog DnXpert.com, has 7 years of
> domain name investment experience and is a recognized leader in domain
> name investment circles.
>
http://www.domainpulse.com/2008/01/09/domain-name-investment-pays-says-dom
ain-name-expert-john-motson-in-his-new-book/
>
http://www.domainnews.com/general/2008012129/domain-name-investment-pays-a
ccording-to-john-motson-new-book/
>
> **********************
> - AFTERMARKET
> **********************
> DOMAINfest 08 gears up with SnapNames live auction
> The first DOMAINfest of 2008 will be held from January 21-23. It aims to

> bring together the the best and brightest of the domain name industry
for
> 3 intensive days of learning, networking, auctions and doing business.
>
http://www.domainpulse.com/2008/01/09/domainfest-08-gears-up-with-snapname
s-live-auction/
>
> **********************
> - NON-ENGLISH NEWS
> **********************
> Domain-"Tasting" soll nicht mehr kostenlos sein
> Das "Tasting" (Austesten) von .com-, .info-, .biz-, .name- und
> .pro-Adressen soll k?nftig nicht mehr kostenlos sein. Das hauptamtliche
> B?ro der ICANN hat angek?ndigt, dass im neuen Budgetplan die Empfehlung
> des ICANN-Gremiums f?r generische Adressen (Generic Name Supporting
> Organisation, GNSO) aufgegriffen werde. Die ICANN-Geb?hr werde also auch

> f?r kurzzeitig registrierte Adressen anfallen. Nun bittet die private
> Netzverwaltung um Kommentare zu einem Statusbericht zum umstrittenen
> Tasting und m?glichen Gegenma?nahmen bis zum 28. Januar.
> http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/101530
>
> ICANN stellt Zusammenarbeit mit F-Rootserver-Betreiber auf formale
> Grundlage
> Die ICANN hat zum ersten Mal einen Vertrag mit dem Betreiber eines der
13
> zentralen Rootserver geschlossen. Ver?ffentlicht wurde der Vertrag mit
der
> BIND-Schmiede Internet Software Consortium, die seit 1994 den
F-Rootserver
> betreibt, bislang nicht. Joao Damas vom ISC teilte auf Anfrage von heise

> online mit, er rechne nicht damit, dass es einen einzigen Vertragstext
> zwischen ICANN und allen Rootserver-Betreibern geben k?nne. "Ich denke,
> dazu sind die Unterschiede hinsichtlich der Gepflogenheiten und der
> jeweils bei den Betreibern engagierten Interessengruppen zu gro?.
> Allerdings kann ich mir vorstellen, dass die Vertr?ge recht ?hnlich sein

> k?nnten."
> http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/101509
>
> Spam-Golem: Warum der Mail-Versand zum Gl?cksspiel zu verkommen droht
> Nur noch jede zehnte E-Mail, die durchs Netz schwirrt, ist von ihrem
> Empf?nger erw?nscht. Der Nachrichtenm?ll sorgt f?r laut vernehmbares
> ?chzen im Internetgeb?lk. Gegenma?nahmen gibt es zwar viele, doch
schie?en
> sie zunehmend ?bers Ziel hinaus. Die Folge ist, dass Mail-Zustellung
> verz?gert wird oder mitunter ganz zum Erliegen kommt. Ein ma?voller,
> bedachter Einsatz der Ma?nahmen tut Not.
> http://www.heise.de/ct/08/02/118/
>
> Spielesuchmaschine Wazap gibt in Deutschland auf
> ... Der Traum von der weltweiten Spielesuchmaschine scheint jedoch nicht

> aufgegangen zu sein. Wer auf die laut Denic weiterhin zur Wazap AG
> geh?rende Domain Wazap.de geht, wird derzeit auf Spieletipps.de
> umgeleitet - durch diese kleine Partnerschaft erhoffen sich die
> Spieletipps.de-Betreiber von der Brot und Spiele GmbH mehr Zugriffe f?r
> die eigene Website.
> http://www.golem.de/0801/56879.html
>
> Les s?quelles impr?vues de l'affaire Dell
> Cons?quence de la plainte d?pos?e par la soci?t? Dell, l'ensemble des
noms
> g?r?s par les trois registrars vis?s - Belgium Domains, Capitol Domains
et
> DomainDoorman - ont ?t? bloqu?s.
>
http://domainesinfo.fr/chronique/176/nicolas-boutmy-les-sequelles-imprevue
s-de-l-affaire-dell.php
>
> Le Luxembourg optimise sa fiscalit? pour les noms de domaine
> Le 19 d?cembre 2007, les l?gislateurs luxembourgeois ont adopt? de
> nouvelles mesures fiscales favorables aux noms de domaine. Face ? elles,

> la France semble en retard.
>
http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1392/le-luxembourg-optimise-sa-fiscalite-
pour-les-noms-de-domaine.php
>
> Second Life, banche al bando
> Se i mondi virtuali "sono il futuro del commercio globale", come
declamava
> pochi mesi fa Paul Twomey, CEO di ICANN, siamo messi proprio bene: i
> gestori di Second Life hanno messo al bando le banche e le istituzioni
> finanziare virtuali.
> http://punto-informatico.it/p.aspx?i=2155593
>
> A Febbraio un passo importante verso l'adozione di IPv6
> L'adozione del protocollo IPv6, sebbene necessaria, sta incontrando non
> poche difficolt?. Uno dei principali problemi che ne rallentano la
> diffusione risiede nel fatto che la maggior parte dei server DNS root
> (root nameserver) non gestiscono tutt'oggi indirizzi IPv6.
> http://www.ilsoftware.it/news.asp?ID=4099
>
> Monopolizaci?n del mercado primario y secundario de dominios
> Oversee.net anunci? el d?a 3 de enero de 2007 que hab?an comprado
Moniker.
> Los t?rminos de la transacci?n no han salido a la luz p?blica, sin
embargo
> se cree que la compra ha rondado los 65$ millones. Monte Cahn ha llegado
a
> un acuerdo con Oversee para seguir dirigiendo Moniker.
>
http://www.domisfera.com/monopolizacion-del-mercado-primario-y-secundario-
de-dominios/
>
http://blogdedominios.blogspot.com/2008/01/monopolizacin-del-mercado-prima
rio-y.html
>
> El registro de dominios de marca en internet, rentable
> La administraci?n y registro de los nombres de dominio en internet,
mejor
> conocidas como direcciones o marcas, es un negocio rentable y uno de los

> que mayor auge ha tenido en el mundo, pero se sustentan m?s en los
> servicios asociados, como es su administraci?n entre otros.
> http://www.milenio.com/mexico/milenio/nota.asp?id=583116
>
> Los dominios m?s caros del 2007.
> El 2007 ha sido un buen a?o para los dominios en Internet, tambi?n para
> los .es que poco a poco se est?n abriendo el hueco que se merecen en el
> mercado, aunque aun les falta un largo camino por recorrer.
> http://carrero.es/los-dominios-mas-caros-del-2007/1561
>
http://blogdedominios.blogspot.com/2008/01/los-dominios-ms-caros-del-2007.
html
>
> Registro de Nombres de Dominio en America Latina - Estadisticas al 31 de

> Diciembre del 2007
> LatinoamerICANN presenta el reporte de estadisticas de nombres de
dominio
> en LAC al 31 de Diciembre del 2007. Dicha recopilaci?n es parte del
> estudio iniciado por LatinoamerICANN para medir la incidencia de
pol?ticas
> de Sociedad de la Informaci?n en el desarrollo de los ccTLD's de la
> regi?n, as? como analizar el impacto de las pol?ticas de los ccTLDs en
las
> politicas de Sociedad de la Informacion nacionales.
>
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=artic
le&sid=1582
>
> Los doce principales hechos del 2007 en los ccTLDs de la Region LAC
> El siguiente listado de hechos es una seleccion elaborada para recordar
> los principales sucesos ocurridos durante el 2007 en relacion a diversos

> ccTLDs de la region LAC. Es clara que esta seleccion es arbitraria y que

> hay mas sucesos, pero creemos firmemente que estos son relevantes. Esta
de
> mas decir que todos los comentarios son bienvenidos.
>
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=artic
le&sid=1581
>
http://blogdedominios.blogspot.com/2008/01/los-doce-principales-hechos-del
-2007-en.html
>
>
>
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> (c) David Goldstein 2008
>
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