[AfrICANN-discuss] Web review August 26, 2013

[Mamadou LO]

ICANN / DOMAIN NAME

DNS Amplification Attacks: Out of Sight, Out of Mind?
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130823_dns_amplification_attacks_out_of_sight_out_of_mind/

The Challenge of DNS Security
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130819_the_challenge_of_dns_security/

A Question of DNS Protocols
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130820_a_question_of_dns_protocols/

85 New gTLD Pass ICANN IE,  7 Go To Extended Evaluation; 1 Fails: Passing .Rio; .NetFlix; .Ping; .Lamborghini .Tiffany
http://www.thedomains.com/2013/08/23/85-new-gtld-pass-icann-ie-7-go-to-extended-evaluation-1-fails-passing-rio-netflix-ping-lamborghini-tiffany/

ICANN has announced an open door policy
http://abc.az/eng/news/main/75677.html

Russian Registrar Regtime Ltd. Lose Two Legal Rights Objections To PIR’s .OPR & .Verisign’s .KOM
http://www.thedomains.com/2013/08/23/russian-registrar-regtime-ltd-lose-two-legal-rights-objections-to-pirs-opr-verisigns-kom/comment-page-1/

ICANN supported transfer of “*.az” domain extension to DNSSEC and IPv6 protocols
http://abc.az/eng/news/main/75649.html

Azerbaijan can enter ICANN leadership
http://www.news.az/articles/tech/82015

National domain marks 20th anniversary 
http://www.azernews.az/azerbaijan/58495.html

Napa Wine Association Letter to ICANN Makes It Clear They Should Have Applied For .Napa/.Wine Instead Of Just Whining
http://www.thedomains.com/2013/08/22/napa-wine-association-letter-to-icann-makes-it-clear-they-should-have-applied-for-napa-wine-instead-of-just-whining/

New Unrestricted Domain Extension .College Approved by ICANN
http://www.sbwire.com/press-releases/new-unrestricted-domain-extension-college-approved-by-icann-310829.htm

National Association Of Realtors Reminds ICANN .Realtors Is a Brand App & Should be Outside Of GAC Advice
http://www.thedomains.com/2013/08/22/national-association-of-realtors-reminds-icann-realtors-is-a-brand-app-should-be-outside-of-gac-advice/

Verisign and PIR get wins for IDN top level domain names
http://domainnamewire.com/2013/08/23/verisign-pir-idn-transliteration/

Big flaws in the new .uk domain extension exposed in new report by Stephen Wilde 
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/8/prweb11056229.htm

Do only 4 new TLDs have a chance of going live this year?
http://domainnamewire.com/2013/08/24/do-only-4-new-tlds-have-a-chance-of-going-live-this-year/

China suffers major DDoS attack on .cn domain
http://www.computerworld.co.nz/article/524690/china_suffers_major_ddos_attack_cn_domain/?fp=16&fpid=1

FairWinds Tells  Fortune 500 Clients To Pay Attention to Domain Hacks: Only 3 Out Of 500 Own Them
http://www.thedomains.com/2013/08/26/fairwinds-tells-fortune-500-clients-to-pay-attention-to-domain-hacks-only-3-out-of-500-own-them/comment-page-1/


INTERNET IN AFRICA

Connecting Eastern and Southern Africa: Installing a Regional Broadband Network for Efficient Internet and Telecommunications 
http://www.worldbank.org/en/results/2013/03/29/connecting-eastern-and-southern-africa-installing-a-regional-broadband-network-for-efficient-internet-and-telecommunications

Top tech trends for 2014
http://www.biztechafrica.com/article/top-tech-trends-2014/6738/?section=computing

Google expands YouTube partner programme in Africa
http://www.biztechafrica.com/article/google-expands-youtube-partner-programme-africa/6732/?section=internet

How the West Bugs Middle East Revealed, But Who Leaked It?
http://www.mintpressnews.com/how-the-west-bugs-middle-east-revealed-but-who-leaked-it/167725/

Africa: VOIP Services in Africa Already Driving the Transition to Data - Video Will Accelerate That Trend
http://allafrica.com/stories/201308261731.html

Africa's Youth Boom in Internet Access Is Driving You Tube Use Across the Continent
http://allafrica.com/stories/201308261730.html

Pan-African podcasting
http://ictupdate.cta.int/en/content/view/full/3311/%2872%29/1184057420

Kenya to host Africa internet governance forum in September

http://www.humanipo.com/news/30429/kenya-to-host-africa-internet-governance-forum-in-september/

Phase 3 investments top USD110 million
http://www.biztechafrica.com/article/phase-3-investments-top-usd110-million/6737/?section=internet

Building A Startup As A Global Business
http://www.forbes.com/sites/hbsworkingknowledge/2013/08/26/building-a-startup-as-a-global-business/

More news
http://allafrica.com/ict/



 		 	   		  
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