auDA Domain Name News - Sep 8
08/Sep/2008
auDA Domain Name News is compiled by David Goldstein on auDA's behalf. The views expressed in the news items linked from auDA's website (Linked Documents), do not necessarily reflect the views of auDA. auDA does not warrant the accuracy or reliability of the information contained in the Linked Documents, and assumes no liability to any person for any reliance placed upon any information contained in the Linked Documents.
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DOMAIN NAMES
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- ICANN
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ICANN Formalizes Relationship with ccTLD Manager for Poland
ICANN has announced today that it has signed an exchange of letters with the ccTLD manager for .pl-Poland, Naukowa i Akademicka Sièc Komputerowa (NASK).
icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-05sep08-en.htm
2008 ICANN Nominating Committee Announces Selections
The 2008 ICANN Nominating Committee (Nom Com) has completed its selections:
icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-05sep08-en.htm
Nominating Committee selections announced
2008 NomCom selectionsThe selections of the 2008 Nominating Committee have just been announced. They include:
blog.icann.org/?p=350
ICANN Takes Another Step Toward Creating A Secure Domain Environment
Today ICANN has announced that they have “formalized” their relationship with ccTLD manager for .pl-Poland, Naukowa i Akademicka Sièc Komputerowa (NASK) with the Accountability Framework program.
www.namesmash.com/?p=137
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- ccTLD & gTLD NEWS
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.ar Introduces IDNs
LatinTLD is advising registrars of a sunrise period for internationalised domain names for the .ar (Argentina) ccTLD.
www.domainnews.com/en/general/.ar-introduces-idns.html
www.domainpulse.com/2008/09/07/ar-introduces-idns/
CZNIC issues new registration rules
In connection with the DNNSEC technology implementation the association CZ.NIC issued new registration rules.
www.nic.cz/page/505/new-registration-rules/
DNSSEC Protects the Czech National Domain
CZ.NIC continues testing the DNSSEC technology in the registry of .CZ and ENUM domains.
www.nic.cz/page/503/dnssec-protects-the-czech-national-domain/
CZ.NIC Opens a Competition for Young Programmers
Participants can enter the competition until September 30.
www.nic.cz/page/508/cz.nic-opens-a-competition-for-young-programmers/
SGNIC Revises Registrar Accreditation Framework
SGNIC has revised some of its registrar accreditation criteria. Foreign registrars intending to apply to be SGNIC's accredited registrar need not set up a local presence in Singapore anymore. They will however need to be accredited with ICANN.
nic.net.sg/newsroom/20080901162257.html
uk: ENUM consultation
The UK ENUM consortium (UKEC) has launched the final ENUM consultation document. This consultation addresses the issue of telephone number validation and the accreditation of Validation Agencies.
www.nominet.org.uk/news/latest/?contentId=5566
Nominet Brand awareness research
Nominet is currently using an external research agency, 2Europe, to carry out a market research project. The project is to measure awareness levels of Nominet and its role in the UK Internet industry.
www.nominet.org.uk/news/latest/?contentId=5564
vn: New directive aims to enhance Internet management
An Internet management directive issued by the government last Thursday encourages domestic enterprises to use the “.vn” country code for their websites.
english.vietnamnet.vn/tech/2008/09/802084/
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- DNS SECURITY
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Pentagon debates development of offensive cyberspace capabilities
The current emphasis is on intelligence gathering and defending U.S. electronic security, but some officials think the military should know how to attack other nations' computer systems.
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-cyber8-2008sep08,0,1049889.story
Experts call for united global action against cyber attacks [AFP]
The world has to unite against the growing menace of cyber terrorism, IT experts said Thursday, evoking a recent "cyber war" against Georgia as the latest example of the threat.
news.theage.com.au/technology/experts-call-for-united-global-action-against-cyber-attacks-20080905-4a25.html
news.smh.com.au/technology/experts-call-for-united-global-action-against-cyber-attacks-20080905-4a25.html
Is Rock Phish cybergang set for a comeback?
Do cybergangs work on evil “product upgrades” to improve their crimeware and attack methods? That's what RSA, the security division of EMC, claims is happening with the Rock Phish gang, described as an East European cybercrime group responsible for creating botnets used in phishing attacks to steal personal information.
www.networkworld.com/news/2008/090508-rock-phish.html
Report: inside the network architecture of SPAM and malware
Two websites have recently published reports on Internet security and the spread of malware across the web, and both documents examine the problem from a new perspective. Most online security coverage tends to focus on the perpetual war between the antimalware industry and the companies that earn an illicit living from selling botnets and developing new exploits. The reports from HostExploit and Knujon, however, focus on the registrars and ISPs that actually provide hosting to the black hats, and explore the various connections between the organizations.
arstechnica.com/articles/culture/network-architecture-of-malware.ars
ITU’s Global Cybersecurity Agenda housed in Malaysia [news release]
ITU concluded an agreement with the International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber-Terrorism (IMPACT) to operationalize the ITU Global Cybersecurity Agenda (GCA). IMPACT’S state-of-the-art global headquarters in Cyberjaya, Kuala Lumpur will be the home of ITU’s Global Cybersecurity Agenda.
www.itu.int/newsroom/press_releases/2008/27.html
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- DOMAIN DISPUTES
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A popular website domain name is for sale and politicians are fighting it out in cyberspace
The nationalist socialist Danish People's Party has a strong party line on tougher immigration laws. The Danish Refugee Council aims to help the less fortunate immigrants to this country. And the National Association of Danish Folk Dancers - well they just like to dance.
www.cphpost.dk/get/108986.html
How to Handle 'IHateYourCompany.com'
In recent years, disgruntled consumers have launched hundreds of Web sites to air their grievances -- from starbucked.com and ihatestarbucks.com to boycottwalmart.org and againstthewal.com.
online.wsj.com/article/SB122057760688302147.html
Solidhost Saga Continues
Michele Neylon mentioned the issue facing Solidhost a while back. Although the legal proceedings are still ongoing the Dutch company have managed to regain control of the domain name in the interim.
www.isquattedyour.eu/2008/09/06/solidhost-saga-continues/
us: Coral Gables ready to sue a man over his website's domain name
The city is poised to sue a Gables resident, activist and businessman to take a domain name he owns for a website about the historic Venetian Pool.
www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/coral-gables/story/674380.html
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- MISCELLANEOUS
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VeriSign Domain Report Shows Domain Name Growth Remains Strong
The number of domain names continues to grow around the world with 168 million domain name registrations across all of the TLDs in the second quarter of 2008, representing a four percent increase over the first quarter of 2008 and 22 percent growth over the same quarter last year reports VeriSign's most recent Domain Report released this week.
technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=5826
www.domainpulse.com/2008/09/04/verisign-domain-report-shows-domain-name-growth-remains-strong/
www.domainnews.com/en/general/verisign-domain-report-shows-domain-name-growth-remains-strong.html
VeriSign Reports Internet Growth
VeriSign has released its Domain Report for the second quarter of 2008, reporting a continued global internet growth of four percent over the previous quarter and 22 percent growth over Q2 last year.
www.thewhir.com/marketwatch/090408_VeriSign_Reports_Internet_Growth.cfm
EuroDNS launches WHOIS.de [news release]
EuroDNS, in partnership with Sedo, is glad to announce the launch of the newly created whois.de service (www.whois.de).
www.domainnews.com/en/general/eurodns-launches-whois.de.html
Domain Name Lessons from Napster by Alex Tajirian
I first outline a brief history of free file-sharing technology, then draw some general and domain name lessons, then outline the what, how, and why that make your activism effective and necessary... The domain name industry is decentralized and atomic in that anyone from anywhere in the world can register a domain name, keep the ownershp name and address private, and host it from a country where the U.S. and European legal systems don't apply. Thus, legal action will only drive domain owners further underground.
www.circleid.com/posts/domain_name_lessons_from_napster/
GoDaddy Jacks Up Domain Prices — Again
Just a few days after we swallowed the news that GoDaddy increased .net and .org prices to 13.19, and a few weeks after the company claimed Yahoo “Jumped the Shark” by raising its domain prices to $35, GoDaddy has hiked prices again.
domainnamewire.com/2008/09/05/godaddy-jacks-up-domain-prices-again/
Unreasonable ccTLD Registry Price Increases!
It highly concerns me when domain registries controlling a certain Top-Level Domain (TLD) raise the wholesale prices they charge to registrars (domain retailers) without consultation to domain registrants (domain buyers).
www.circleid.com/posts/unreasonable_cctld_registry_price_increases/
The Private Domain Registration & Google Dilemma
The Search Engine Roundtable scoop has drawn our attention towards the fix situation that is faced by the majority of online marketers regarding the registration process of their domain names. Jim Boykin's Blog post is still very pertinent in this context today as the number of web scammers trying to make money out of the domain name scam seems to be ever increasing.
www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/09/06/the-private-domain-registration-google-dilemma
Countdown to ARIN XXII
There are only forty-one days left until ARIN XXII Public Policy and Members Meeting. Please join us 15-17 October 2008 in Los Angeles, California to add your voice to the community discussions!
www.arin.net/announcements/20080904.html
Crazy ccTLD Price Hikes?
Jackie Liu's post on CircleID raises some very interesting questions, though whether or not any answers will be forthcoming or not is a totally different matter.
www.isquattedyour.eu/2008/09/05/crazy-cctld-price-hikes/
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- DOMAINING & AFTERMARKET
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.TEL Dials Up New Revenue Generating Opportunities for Domainers
As plans for the launch of .Tel were unveiled at the ICANN meeting in Paris last week, it is apparent that .TEL is even more exciting than many people first envisioned—especially for those domainers who are looking for new and more innovative ways to monetize top level domain (TLD) names.
moderndomainer.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=128
Ad trade group opposes Yahoo-Google search deal
The Association of National Advertisers announced Sunday it sent a letter to the head of the antitrust division of the U.S. Department of Justice, citing its opposition to the controversial Yahoo-Google search advertising deal.
news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10034530-93.html
Advertiser group objects to Google-Yahoo tie up
The Association of National Advertisers sent a letter objecting to the proposed Internet search advertising partnership between Yahoo Inc and Google Inc to government regulators reviewing the deal, the group said on Sunday.
uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKN0737470020080908
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/07/AR2008090701571.html
Blockbuster Sales of Printer.com and Affiliate.com Pace Another Big Week for the Domain Aftermarket
The summer doldrums were sent packing again this week as a quartet of huge six-figure sales led another banner outing for the domain aftermarket. Two of those rank among the ten biggest sales of the year.
dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2008/domainsales09-02-08.htm
Apo.com Tops Sedo Weekly Sales List Selling for $27,000
Below is Sedo's latest weekly sales list for all the domains sold by Sedo in the week commencing 25 August. The biggest seller was apo.com, selling for US$27,000 while fight.tv was the biggest seller among the ccTLDs selling for $18,000 while open-office.de was close behind selling for €12,000 ($17,350).
www.domainpulse.com/2008/09/05/sedo-weekly-sales-list/
www.domainnews.com/en/general/apo.com-tops-sedo-weekly-sales-list-selling-for-27-000.html
uk: Old gov website in private hands
Fears over security have been raised due to a German web marketing company purchasing the domain name of the now defunct National Hi-Tech Crime Unit.
www.publicservice.co.uk/news_story.asp?id=6972
Editorial: How the Domain Industry Can Clean Itself Up
The domain business is a good business with a bad image. What can be done about it? Earlier today I read DNJournal’s weekly sales recap. There were some good sales, including RoomDividers.com at $75,000 (congratulations, Rick). But all of the good sales were overshadowed by a couple bad sales: Mozzilla.com for $40,000 and wwwMatch.com at $11,100.
domainnamewire.com/2008/09/04/editorial-how-the-domain-industry-can-clean-itself-up/
It’s Time For a Domainer Meetup in Austin
There are a lot of domainers in Texas, and even a strong contingent in the Central Texas area, but we haven’t made the effort to all get together. Heck, one of the domain print publications is even based here. I’ve been talking about organizing an event for about a year but have procrastinated. That’s going to change.
domainnamewire.com/2008/09/05/its-time-for-a-domainer-meetup-in-austin/
ME DOMAINS SELLS AT AUCTION FOR OVER 2 MILLION DOLLARS - Record Domains
Me domains sells at auction for over 2Million dollars - Internet Record Domains online casino news. The Land-Rush me domain auction has just ended and what a amazing internet auction!
www.onlinecasino.org/news/me-domains-sells-at-auction-for-over-2-million-dollars-record-domains-1837.php
Google Says Private Registration Won't Hurt Your Search Rankings
With the number of scammers who try to usurp ownership of domain increasing (I got 2 letters for 3 domains last week), it's a surprise that few people really take advantage of private registration for their domain names. However, many people don't know about WhoisGuard or Domains By Proxy and instead leave their domain names exposed with all identifying information intact.
www.seroundtable.com/archives/018172.html
