[AfrICANN-discuss] Week end reading -- different languages

Fri Aug 22 19:01:17 SAST 2008

1. Stephen Colbert interviews Jonathan Zittrain on his book The Future of
the Internet

Fresh from being awarded his most recent Peabody award, back in June Stephen
Colbert interviewed Jonathan Zittrain who wants to save the good chaos of
the Internet and separate it from the bad chaos that will stomp on
everything.

http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/videos.jhtml?videoId=174083

17. Addressing the growth of the net

Regular BBC commentator Bill Thompson sees no reason to worry about the
future of the internet in his latest column. Regarding the recent Arbor
Networks study that shows a slow take-up of IPv6, Thompson says "the figures
are not quite as depressing as they look. According to an excellent analysis
of the current situation from Arbor Networks' Craig Labovitz there are many
unseen 'islands' of IPv6 connectivity that don't register on the survey."
Thompson says "larger ISPs are using the new protocols to manage their
internal systems, especially if they are cable providers using the latest
cable modem standard, DOCSIS 3.0, which has IPv6 support built in."

"Labovitz also points out that many hardware providers are already building
IPv6 into their systems, even if customers aren't using it."

Thompson notes it's hardly surprising it is taking a while for the
transition to IPv6. "TCP/IP was invented in 1974, but it took until 1983 for
it to be generally adopted as the core protocol for the ARPANET and the
networks attached to it."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7572583.stm

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1. Stephen Colbert interviews Jonathan Zittrain on his book The Future of
the Internet

Fresh from being awarded his most recent Peabody award, Stephen Colbert
interviews Jonathan Zittrain wants to save the good chaos of the Internet
and separate it from the bad chaos that will stomp on everything.

http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/videos.jhtml?videoId=174083

2. Analysis: FCC Comcast Order is Open Invitation to Internet Filtering

Using words like "misdirection," "obfuscation," "absurd" and "verbal
gymnastics," the Federal Communications Commission released its formal
decision Wednesday ordering Comcast to stop throttling BitTorrrent traffic,
a practice the carrier has repeatedly denied performing.

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/08/analysis-fcc-co.html

3. FCC Order scolds Comcast for changing story on P2P blocking

"Surrender, Comcast!" declares the FCC in its Order on P2P blocking. The
agency also calls on the public to stay vigilant on the issue and aligns
itself more closely with the net neutrality movement.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080820-fcc-order-scolds-comcast-for-changing-story-on-p2p-blocking.html

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4. Telstra tops Canberra lobbyist list

Telstra has emerged as the most active employer of Canberra lobbyists in the
IT&T field, although others such as Apple and Google also employ external
firms to push their agendas with politicians and government workers. ...
Another organisation with an A-list roster of tech firms is Government
Relations Australia Advisory, which has worked with ARIA, ICANN, Microsoft,
eBay and PayPal.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/business/soa/Telstra-tops-Canberra-lobbyist-list/0,139023166,339291434,00.htm

5. ICANN to Hold Auctions for Disputes

ICANN announced this week that it will handle any disagreements over who
wins the right to new generic top level domains by auction.

http://www.thewhir.com/marketwatch/081908_ICANN_to_Hold_Auctions_for_Disputes.cfm

6. ICANN to settle disputes by auction [sun req'd]

The body behind the Internet's addressing systems has said that it will
settle disputes over who wins the right to new generic top level domains
(gTLDs) by auction.

http://www.legalbrief.co.za/article.php?story=200808200827208

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7. Govt meddling fears hit .hk domain -

ISPs are concerned a new government-dominated structure to administer the
territory's .hk domain name will leave end-users without a say. The proposed
revamp of the Hong Kong Internet Registration Company will see its number of
directors slashed from 13 to eight.

http://thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=70535&sid=20270854&con_type=1

8. Boosting numbers in .ke domain names

Domain names have increasingly become part of our daily lives, but the
uptake of the .ke (dot ke) is still lagging behind.

http://bdafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9451&Itemid=5843

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9. Cybersecurity and the Law: Dangerous Cybersilence

Sometimes no news is worse than bad news. When a company's data is stolen by
hackers, affected customers typically receive a disturbing note from the
breached firm, warning that they could soon become victims of identity
theft.

http://www.forbes.com/technology/2008/08/19/cybersecurity-infected-software-tech-security-cx_ag_0819infected.html

10. Cyberwar isn't a grand struggle - it's a scary prospect of pure chaos

When Russian tanks rolled into Georgia, it brought back memories of
Soviet-era military conquest - a reminder of the cold war. But whether by
accident or design, the fight for South Ossettia appears to have given us a
taste of the future as well, with internet attacks on Georgian computer
systems resulting in theories about 21st-century warfare spilling out
everywhere. The BBC said the situation represented a "virtual echo of
battles being fought on the ground", while Slate.com's Evgeny Morozov even
enlisted as a Russian cybersoldier to see what was really happening. But
while the past fortnight has seen plenty of conjecture, there's been very
little hard evidence about the conflict that's taking place in cyberspace.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/aug/21/blogging.internet

11. Cyber war or cyber riot? [ABC Radio audio]

The Georgians maintain they've been the victims of cyber-warfare, but there
is division within internet security circles about whether what is happening
is in fact 'cyber-warfare', whether the Russian government is actually
involved and also how significant the event really is. Jart Armin, a
London-based internet security analyst, and Gadi Evron, an Israel-based
internet security analyst, are interviewed.

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/mediareport/stories/2008/2342237.htm

12. Georgia Cyberwar Overblown [Network World]

Last week Russian tanks rolled into South Ossetia while Russian bombers were
taking out critical communications infrastructure. But even before the first
tank rolled across the disputed borders, another war was brewing in
cyberspace.

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/150021/georgia_cyberwar_overblown.html

13. China Netcom DNS cache poisoning

Websense Security Labs ThreatSeeker Network has detected that the DNS cache
on the default DNS server used by the customers of China Netcom (CNC) has
been poisoned. When China Netcom customers mistype and enter an invalid
domain name, the poisoned DNS server directs the visitor's browser to a page
that contains malicious code.

http://www.mag-securs.com/spip.php?article11280

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14. China's Internet chiefs ban names of the Games

China's sport authorities have banned the issuing of Internet domain names
based on the country's Olympic gold medal-winning athletes to anyone but the
medalists themselves.

http://english.people.com.cn/90002/94411/95075/6481206.html

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-08/20/content_6954726.htm

http://china.org.cn/olympics/news/2008-08/20/content_16281739.htm

http://english.eastday.com/eastday/englishedition/nation/u1a3816302.html

15. China limits use of Olympians' names online [AP]

China has banned the use of its Olympic gold medalists' names as Internet
addresses by anyone but the athletes themselves. The move announced Tuesday
came after companies registered the names of winning Chinese athletes at the
2004 Athens Olympics as Web addresses, prompting an outcry by sports fans.

http://www.thestate.com/techwire/story/496042.html

http://news.smh.com.au/technology/china-limits-use-of-olympians-names-online-20080820-3yr6.html

http://news.theage.com.au/technology/china-limits-use-of-olympians-names-online-20080820-3yr6.html

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/08/20/financial/f003358D01.DTL

16. Max Levchin's Slide Loses Domain Name Challenge

PayPal co-founder Max Levchin and his internet widget company Slide have
lost a UDRP decision to obtain the domain SlideTV.com and 127 other
associated domain names.

http://domainnamewire.com/2008/08/19/max-levchins-slide-loses-domain-name-challenge/

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17. Addressing the growth of the net

Regular commentator Bill Thompson sees no reason to worry about the future
of the internet: ... But it's even better if you can focus on aspects of the
network's core architecture that few users ever notice, like the unique
numerical addresses assigned to every internet-connected device and the
complex mechanisms used to move information between those devices. And if
you've got an authoritative report from an international body calling for
something to be done then you're on to a winner.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7572583.stm

18. Study Shows Glacial Pace of IPv6 Adoption [IDG]

A study this week has revealed just how slow is the rate of adoption for
IPv6, the next version of the Internet's main communications protocol, and
some experts say black markets where companies trade unused IP addresses may
be only a few years away.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/150013/2008/08/.html

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/081908-study-shows-glacial-pace-of.html

http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/08/19/Study_shows_glacial_pace_of_IPv6_adoption_1.html

http://computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;883066691

http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9112976

19. Lots of Foot Dragging on IPv6

The IPv4 address space is near exhaustion, yet a new report claims that
traffic on the modernized IPv6 protocol is slow and migration to the newer
address spaces is sluggish. In a year-long study of 2,393 peering and
backbone routers conducted by Arbor Networks, the majority of respondents
(customer and peering interfaces) said IPv6 traffic is a small percentage of
overall traffic.

http://www.opticallynetworked.com/news/article.php/3766321

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20. "Wildcarding, the implications for the .au space" – Melbourne domain
name seminar

A seminar and cocktail party sponsored by Melbourne law firm Cooper Mills
Lawyers to discuss the .au domain name space, wildcarding and the
implications for .au with special guest Ehud Gavron will be held on Tuesday
September 2.

http://technewsreview.com.au/article.php?article=5688

http://www.domainpulse.com/2008/08/20/wildcarding-implications-au-space-melbourne-seminar/

http://www.domainnews.com/en/general/wildcarding-the-implications-for-the-.au-space-melbourne-domain-name-seminar.html

21. Melbourne IT Seeks to Diversify to Ensure Future

The internet is meant to be a safe harbour from recession. But no harbour is
completely safe - otherwise it would be a lake - so domain registrar
Melbourne IT is deepening its earnings streams through cyber
diversification.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24208902-30538,00.html

22. Melbourne IT warns of slowing economic growth

Slowing economic growth and a tight skills market will make it a challenging
year for the IT industry, according to Melbourne IT's chief.

http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php/id;975653726

23. Melbourne IT spends up on systems

Domain name and hosting specialist Melbourne IT today unveiled plans to
embark on a year-long major technology refresh project, targeting everything
from its accounting, billing and provisioning systems to its storage network
and data centre.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/Melbourne-IT-spends-up-on-systems/0,130061791,339291367,00.htm

24. Melbourne IT on track for profit growth [AAP]

Domain name manager and online services provider Melbourne IT Ltd says it is
on track to deliver a sixth consecutive year of growth in revenue and profit
after booking a 20 per cent lift in half year profit.

http://www.thewest.com.au/aapstory.aspx?StoryName=507449

25. VeriSign adds SSLs for internationalised domain names [sub req'd]

http://telecom.paper.nl/news/article.aspx?id=226636

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26. Sedo Sells JTR.com for $90,000

Three character domain name leads sales chart for Sedo this week.

http://domainnamewire.com/2008/08/19/sedo-sells-jtrcom-for-90000/

27. Domain parking is dead

Why parking domains is dead and what you can do to join the web revolution.

http://domaininformer.com/guides/General_Information/articles/080819domainparkingis.html

28. Search Engine Strategies Domain Live Auction

We are live blogging the Domain Auction at the Search Engine Strategies
conference in San Jose. Please note that these are not the official results
and while we do our best to provide correct results, there may make an
occasional mistake. See the live results after the jump.

http://www.domainnamenews.com/domain-auction/search-engine-strategies-domain-live-auction/2014

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29. Verschwindend geringer Traffic

In einer Studie hat der amerikanische Internet-Dienstleister Arbor Networks
die Protokolle des letzten Jahres von mehr als 2000 Peering-Routern, die die
Netze verschiedenen ISPs miteinander verbinden, ausgewertet. Danach sind es
weniger als ein Zehntausendstel der Datenpakete, die im Format des neuen
Internet-Protokolls (IPv6) verschickt wurden.

http://www.computerwoche.de/subnet/t-systems/858282/

30. PC-Spielindustrie verschickt Massenabmahnungen

"Zahl oder lass dich verklagen" heißt das Spiel, das britische
Computergame-Hersteller mit Tauschbörsennutzern spielen wollen. Außerdem im
Überblick: Top-Level-Domains sollen in klingende Münze umgewandelt werden,
Yahoo startet den Digg-Klon Buzz und vieles mehr.

http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/0,1518,573213,00.html

31. property.com – Mega-Deal für Rick Schwartz

Rick Schwartz, ungekrönter Domain-König, hat seinem Spitznamen einmal mehr
alle Ehre gemacht: für eine nicht genannte Rekordsumme, die zu den höchsten
je im Domain-Handel gezahlten zählt, hat Schwartz die Domain
property.comverkauft.

http://www.domain-recht.de/magazin/domain-news-2008/property-com-mega-deal-fuer-rick-schwartz-id667247.html

32. Was tun, wenn der Onlinehändler nicht liefert [DPA]

Wenn der Onlinehändler seine Ware nicht schickt, der Kaufpreis aber bereits
bezahlt wurde, gibt es für den Kunden nur eines: Schnell handeln. Es gibt
durchaus Möglichkeiten, sein Geld zurückzubekommen - wenn man sich an
bestimmte Fristen hält

http://www.stern.de/computer-technik/internet/%3aRecht-Was-Onlineh%E4ndler/635356.html

33. Interdit de réserver le nom d'un médaillé d'or chinois

La Chine a en effet interdit que les noms de ses athlètes médaillés d'or au
cours des Jeux olympiques soient utilisés par n'importe qui d'autre que les
intéressés.

http://www.pcinpact.com/actu/news/45452-Chine-nom-domaine-athletes-JO.htm

34. La cnDRP : quelques questions de procédure

La cnDRP, voie la plus efficace pour la résolution des litiges concernant
les noms de domaine chinois, contient quelques spécificités qu'il convient
de mettre en lumière.

http://domainesinfo.fr/chronique/211/la-cndrp-quelques-questions-de-procedure.php

35. Airbus.cn revient à l'avionneur

Airbus a obtenu le transfert du nom de domaine Airbus.cn, indique
"DomainesInfo".

http://www.journaldunet.com/breve/france/30437/airbus-cn-revient-a-l-avionneur.shtml

36. El ".com" gana al ".ar" y al ".mx"

Un informe realizado por Verisign sobre nombres de dominio en Latinoamérica
arrojó que el 65% de las argentinas y el 84% de las mexicanas priorizan el
registro de sus firmas terminadas con ".com", antes que con los dominios que
identifican al país (".ar" y ".mx", respectivamente).

http://www.noticiasdot.com/wp2/2008/08/18/el-com-gana-al-ar-y-al-mx/

http://www.leandrotoscano.com/2008/08/el-com-gana-al-ar-y-al-mx.html

37. Debutó el dominio "gob.ar".

Lo implementó la ANSES para su web. Es el primer organismo oficial de la
Argentina en modificarlo y busca "atender la demanda idiomática de nuestra
lengua oficial"

http://www.infobae.com/contenidos/398413-100918-0-DebutÃ³-el-dominio-gob.ar<http://www.infobae.com/contenidos/398413-100918-0-Debut%C3%83%C2%B3-el-dominio-gob.ar>

http://www.leandrotoscano.com/2008/08/debut-el-dominio-gobar.html

38. Ya se utiliza el dominio '.gob' en Argentina

Es gracias a su liberación, consensuada por el organismo internacional que
regula la web. El de la Anses fue el primer sitio que aplicó el cambio.

http://ar.news.yahoo.com/s/20082008/14/tecnologia-noticias-utiliza-dominio-gob-argentina.html

39. Amsterdam kan nog steeds niet veilig surfen

Ambtenaren in Amsterdam kunnen, zeven weken nadat wereldwijd voor een zeer
ernstig internetlek werd gewaarschuwd, nog altijd niet veilig het web op.
Leverancier Getronics worstelt met herstelsoftware.

http://www.trouw.nl/hetnieuws/economie/article1066225.ece/Amsterdam_kan_nog_steeds_niet_veilig_surfen

40. Kvinnors fredsarbete avfärdas

Kvinnor, från både Georgien och utbrytarprovinserna Sydossetien och
Abchazien, har sedan länge träffats för att samarbeta och bygga en bestående
fred. Men kvinnor riskerar att bli uteslutna från beslutsfattande organ i
kommande förhandlingar.

http://www.arbetaren.se/articles/utrikes20080820-2
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