Check out http://auda.org.au/domain-news/dn-news for the latest domain news. By close of business on 22 November, a more recent edition of the news should be posted to the auDA web site. The domain name news is supported by auDA. **************** DOMAIN NAMES **************** Internet users seek non-English domains Had the Internet been invented in China, you'd need some fluency in Chinese to type Web addresses. But as a U.S. invention, the Internet's lingua franca is English. http://www.harktheherald.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=68912 IDN Guidelines Version 2.0 Finalized The Guidelines for Implementation of Internationalized Domain Names, version 2.0, is now posted as final following ICANN Board endorsement. The resolution from the ICANN Board contained additional directions and timelines for potentially reframing or revising the IDN Guidelines. http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-14nov05.htm Pump-and-dump spam domains go silent after botnet closure Pump-and-dump spam domains have gone quiet since the closure of a major botnet operation earlier this month. The finding, by Alex Shipp of MessageLabs, suggests that a botnet (a network of compromised machines controlled by hackers) thought to be associated mainly with adware distribution was also used to distribute junk mail on a massive scale. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/14/spam_domain_dump/ Beijing 2008 Olympic Mascot Domain Names Registered No sooner were the mascots for the Beijing 2008 Olympics released, the domain names of the five Friendlies were also registered in China. http://www.chinatechnews.com/index.php?action=show&type=news&id=3185 http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-11/16/content_495043.htm cn: Domain disputes Internet search engine company Google could be facing new disputes over its .cn domain names just several months after it spent nearly 1 million yuan (US$123,456) to register google.com.cn and google.cn. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-11/14/content_494320.htm Google registers new domain names Search oufit Google seems to be planning more detailed content services including a magazine and newspaper search and a digitised microfilm service. http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=27694 http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/051113-212654 1,000 pre-registration applications for .eu domain names submitted to Belgacom Since the end of October, it has been possible to pre-register a .eu domain name with Belgian telco Belgacom. Belgacom is a .eu registrar accredited by Eurid, a not-for-profit organisation selected by the European Commission to operate the .eu domain, to process the applications. Customers can pre-register the .eu domain name of their choice online via the Belgacom website. In the space of just one week, Belgacom received one thousand pre-registration applications for .eu domain names. http://www.digitalmediaasia.com/default.asp?ArticleID=11249 EU Internet Launch .EU Domain Name in Ireland EU Internet, an Irish company which was appointed to manage .eu domain name registrations, officially launched the new European domain name today, 11th November 2005. The .eu domain name is unique in providing a European internet identity for citizens of the European Union. Its aim is to strengthen the European brand and provide commercial benefits for businesses, private users and the European Union institutions. http://www.webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.asp?id=13736 .eu domain now available for Irish businesses A new European domain name was officially launched today by the Irish company appointed to manage its registrations. http://www.rte.ie/business/2005/1111/eudomain.html Would the Real Network Neutrality Please Stand Up? I'm sure this is something that's been raked over before, but I don't see a common understanding of what 'Net Neutrality' actually is. Despite many of the Internetorati demanding it by law. There appear to be several different camps, which you could paint as "bottom of IP", "middle" and "top". The bottomistas would see enforced Internet Protocol itself as a premature optimisation and violation of the end-to-end principle. Unhappy that you only get IPv4 or IPv6? Still grumpy that you only have IPv4 and not even IPv6? Really miserable that your VoIP packets are staggering under the poisonous load of IPv6 headers? You're a bottomista. http://www.circleid.com/posts/real_network_neutrality_please_stand_up/ Domain Name Sale Offers Chance in Guinness Book of World Records (news release) TheRecordBreakingDomain.com is selling its domain name for a new Guinness Book of World Records record to create potential publicity for the future owner. http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/11/prweb310823.htm ********************* WSIS & GOVERNANCE ********************* US retains hold of the internet The US wins its fight to stay in charge of the internet, as a key UN summit on the net opens in Tunisia. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4441544.stm http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9075-1874797,00.html http://iht.com/articles/2005/11/16/technology/web.1116tunis.php http://nytimes.com/2005/11/16/technology/16net.html http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5013117&ft=1&f=1004 http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/11/16/internet.summit.ap/index.html http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13180104.htm http://globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20051115.gttunisnov15/BNStory/Technology/ http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/negotiators-reach-net-governance-deal/2005/11/16/1132016826994.html http://81.144.183.106/articles/Articles/2005/11/16/212981/USwinsbattletoretaincontrolofinternet.htm Internet battle ends in stalemate An expected fight over the governance of the internet looked to have been averted last night as a tentative deal was struck which would allow the US government to retain overall control of the medium for the foreseeable future. http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,16559,1643650,00.html African lobby successfully persuade rich nations The African lobby has successfully managed to persuade other nations to come around to the continent's way of thinking on two key issues at WSIS. http://www.sabcnews.com/africa/north_africa/0,2172,116302,00.html A tussle over America's internet hegemony At the World Summit on the Information Society, talks on bridging the "digital divide" are likely to be overshadowed by a squabble over who controls the internet http://economist.com/agenda/displayStory.cfm?story_id=5163539 Countries band to fight Internet crime Negotiators agreed on Tuesday to set up a global forum to discuss online crime, but appeared unlikely to resolve a dispute about control of the Internet ahead of a U.N. technology summit in. http://news.com.com/Countries+band+to+fight+Internet+crime/2100-1028_3-5953578.html http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-5953578.html Net Dust Storm Blows Into Tunis Murmurs of secret alliances and Realpolitik machinations are already taking root in the dusty soil of this ancient city, as thousands of delegates gather at the U.N.'s World Summit on the Information Society to debate the future of the internet. http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,69586,00.html On the line: the internet's future (free till ~18 November) Over the next three days a United Nations summit, in the unlikely setting of Tunisia, will attempt to thrash out the future of the internet. http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/article327341.ece President of the PrepCom of the Tunis Phase - TUNIS COMMITMENT To reiterate our unequivocal support for the Geneva Declaration of Principles and Plan of Action adopted at the first phase of the World Summit on the Information Society in Geneva in December 2003. http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=en&id=2266|0 Keep the Internet Free Delegates from around the world will gather next week in Tunisia for what is known as the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). Few people are aware of WSIS's existence, its mission or the purpose of this conference. That is unfortunate, since the principal agenda item calls for a wholesale change in governance of the Internet that could lead to a significant setback for global freedom of information. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/11/AR2005111101408.html Talks on net control resume About 170 countries have kicked off a final round of negotiations on the controversial issue of control of the internet and the core technical infrastructure that allows it to operate seamlessly worldwide. http://theage.com.au/news/breaking/talks-on-net-control-resume/2005/11/14/1131816840171.html Battle for control of internet heats up Hundreds of international officials have descended on Tunis to determine who controls the internet http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9075-1873604,00.html Second Phase of the WSIS - Tunis Agenda for the Information Society WSIS-05/TUNIS/DOC/6 Notes that Greece to host the first meeting of the Internet Governance Forum in Athens no later than 2006 and we call upon the UN Secretary-General to extend invitations to all stakeholders and relevant parties to participate at the inaugural meeting of the IGF. http://ngocongo.org/ngomeet/WSIS/TunisAgenda.htm us: Information Summit Negotiates Oversight of Internet The number of Internet users has grown from 16 million to 900 million over the last decade. ?Who controls the Internet?? is a question looming large over Tunis, Tunisia, as WSIS prepares to convene. Negotiators are spending the final hours before the opening of the U.N. General Assembly-sanctioned meeting to consider competing proposals on the future of Internet governance, and specifically the DNS. http://usinfo.state.gov/gi/Archive/2005/Nov/15-837480.html us: Keep Government, Politics Out of Internet Management, U.S. Urges When the second round of the United Nations-sponsored World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) convenes in Tunis, Tunisia, November 16-18, the United States says it is important to focus on opportunities for the developing world to enjoy the benefits of the Internet and other technologies. http://usinfo.state.gov/gi/Archive/2005/Nov/15-325546.html Icann. Can you? As governments from around the world converge on Tunisia this week for the UN World Summit on the Information Society, they will argue over a crucial problem of 21st-century global governance: Who runs the Internet? http://iht.com/articles/2005/11/15/opinion/edcukier.php The US role in running the net Professor Derrick Cogburn of Syracuse University explains why the US has to accept change in how the internet is run. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4435352.stm The net and politicians don't mix The head of Icann, Paul Twomey, defends the role of his non-profit organisation in supervising the internet, arguing against direct political control of the web. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4438664.stm BBC In pictures: Tunis hosts summit http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/4439606.stm Notes from Tunis: The New Internet Governance Forum By James Love I?m in Tunis at WSIS, where the biggest debate is over the future of ?Internet Governance.? The final text for this was agreed upon about 30 minutes ago. http://www.circleid.com/posts/from_tunis_new_internet_governance_forum/ So where are we up to with this internet governance thing? WSIS starts this Wednesday in Tunis. It will be three days in which the world's governments will decide for the very first time what should and can be done with this medium we call the internet. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/14/net_governance_wsis/ http://www.out-law.com/page-6339 World Summit blog: Heat, taxis and cous-cous WSIS Tunis Tunis is relatively mild this time of year for a North African country. Although if you've just come from Britain, the sudden jump of 10-15 degrees wouldn't let you think so. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/14/wsis_blog_three/ World Summit blog: internet, freedom of speech and the UN WSIS Tunis The most controversial aspect of this whole world summit hasn't been the ensuing fight of who should run the internet but where it is being hosted: Tunisia. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/14/wsis_blog_two/ World Summit blog: Hotels and women You can directly measure the quality of a hotel by the amount of stuff in the room that leaves with the guest. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/13/wsis_blog_one/ WSIS: ITU leader says talks remain 'hot' Hot was the word used by Yoshio Utsumi, secretary general of the ITU, on Tuesday to describe not only the room in which he was holding a news conference but also the talks taking place next door on the contentious issues of Internet governance and funding at WSIS in Tunis, Tunisia. http://infoworld.com/article/05/11/15/HNwsisitu_1.html War over internet control to dominate web summit A United Nations summit will open in Tunisia on Wednesday with the aim of improving access to technology in poor countries. But the run-up to WSIS has been dominated by a battle over control of the internet, which has pitted the US against most of the 170 other nations involved, including European Union countries. http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8321 http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411419/627154 http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/bulletins/radionz/200511162043/57ae307 http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/us-determined-to-control-net/2005/11/15/1131951131809.html http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,17244379%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/11/14/tech.summit.reut/index.html http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,17244379%5e15306%5e%5enbv%5e15306,00.html http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/worldbiz/archives/2005/11/15/2003280274 http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5950730.html http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10036053/ http://www.finance.news.com.au/story/0,10166,17244380-462,00.html http://cooltech.iafrica.com/technews/557945.htm http://cooltech.iafrica.com/technews/554824.htm http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.php?part=news&Story_ID=111511 http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb051114-1.shtml http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-11-15-voa39.cfm http://www.upi.com/Hi-Tech/view.php?StoryID=20051114-010042-4599r http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=31&art_id=vn20051114102007884C859072 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucgg/20051115/cm_ucgg/technologysummitcoversonlysomeofunderdevelopmentissues Other Nations Hope to Loosen U.S. Grip on Internet The crucial issue for many people at a United Nations summit meeting on the information age is that control of the Internet is mainly in the hands of the U.S. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/15/technology/15net.html Internet governance plan gaining support, EU says European Union has been promoting its proposal ahead of start of three-day United Nations technology summit in Tunisia http://globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20051115.gteunov15/BNStory/Technology/ Control the Internet? A Futile Pursuit, Some Say As the Internet's reach has extended worldwide, an international political battle over its control has arisen. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/14/business/14register.html Internet showdown in Tunis The United Nations' WSIS began with a high-minded purpose: to bridge the technological gap between richer and poorer nations. But now the WSIS event, which begins Nov. 16 in Tunisia, has transformed into a week-long debate about who should control key portions of the Internet. http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5950730.html WSIS and the Splitting of the Root There's talk that in the battle between the USA and Europe over control of ICANN, which may come to a head at the upcoming World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis, people will seriously consider "splitting the root" of DNS. I've written a fair bit about how DNS works and how the true power over how names get looked up actually resides with hundreds of thousands of individual site administrators. However, there is a natural monopoly in the root. All those site admins really have to all do the same thing, or you get a lot of problems, which takes away most of that power. Still, this is an interesting power struggle. http://www.circleid.com/posts/wsis_and_the_splitting_of_the_root/ Facing the Facts on Internet Governance by Michael Geist This week the regulation of the Internet takes centre stage at WSIS. Initially intended to address the growing digital divide, the WSIS has instead been dominated by politicking over Internet governance concerns. A deep split has emerged, pitting the United States (which favours the current system) on one side and the European Union (which prefers a multilateral approach) on the other. http://www.circleid.com/posts/facing_the_facts_on_internet_governance/ http://www.michaelgeist.ca/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=1006 Why the WSIS? Democracy and cyberspace The debate about who governs the internet will dominate the WSIS meeting in Tunis this week ? but the world?s web users have more important things on their mind, says Becky Hogge. http://www.opendemocracy.net/media-internetgovernance/wsis_3029.jsp Global cybercrime force moves closer But at the UN WSIS an agreement on control of the Internet still looks to be a long way off. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39237257,00.htm News from WSIS: Web Censorship in Tunisia Berkman Center representatives at WSIS are seeing a common thread- censorship by a government that claims to protect freedom of thought and expression. In response to this censorship, many NGOs have canceled their events at WSIS. At 3pm Tunis time there will be a short press conference discussing the NGO boycott. More details can be found at the the WSIS group blog. The issue is being picked up by the Associated Press and Reporters Without Borders, as well as many Berkman bloggers. http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/home/home?wid=10&func=viewSubmission&sid=853 Be wary of Internet 'governance' In the North African capital city of Tunis, a world summit will convene today to discuss, and perhaps shape, the future of the Internet. Since the Internet has grown fabulously without much shaping in the past, you have every reason to worry about this meeting. http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2005-11-15-mauro-edit_x.htm Rights activist and Belgian TV crew attacked in mounting tension before Tunis summit Reporters Without Borders today said it was ?appalled? by yesterday?s attack by plain-clothes police on a Belgian TV crew as it was accompanying lawyer and human rights activist Radhia Nasraoui to a meeting of non-governmental organisations at the German ?Goethe Institute? cultural centre in Tunis. http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=15603 Internet governance, the position of Reporters Without Borders The second stage of the UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Tunis from 16 to 18 November will discuss how to legally and technically administer the Internet. Reporters Without Borders stresses the bad effects on freedom of expression that alternatives proposed by some countries will have. http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=15565 Tunisia chided over Web censorship The hundreds of Tunisian flags waving across the capital city are like so many miniature red carpets unfurled in welcome for the 10,000 or so people, including scores of heads of state, who have come here to talk about the Internet this week. http://iht.com/articles/2005/11/15/business/censor.php Violence breaks out before Internet summit Human rights groups are reporting that violent clashes have broken out before the UN conference that is set to debate the future governance of the Internet in Tunisia http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,39020369,39237212,00.htm http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-5951707.html Journalists, Others At World Summit On the Information Society Attacked By Authorities The following press release has been distributed by ARTICLE 19 on behalf of the WSIS Civil Society's Media Caucus: http://allafrica.com/stories/200511150360.html RSF Secretary-General Barred From WSIS In a 10 November 2005 letter from the executive secretariat of the WSIS, RSF Secretary General Robert M?nard was informed that Tunisian authorities would not allow him in the country to attend the summit. http://allafrica.com/stories/200511140579.html FAO At the Second World Summit On the Information Society -- the Digital Divide Continues to Hinder Development in Rural Areas The rural digital divide is isolating almost one billion of the poorest people who are unable to participate in the global information society, according to FAO, which will be highlighting its activities on enhancing knowledge exchange and access to information in combating hunger and poverty at WSIS, Phase II opening tomorrow. http://allafrica.com/stories/200511150348.html ao: Prime Minister Attends World Information Summit Angolan Prime Minister, Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos "Nand?", left today for Tunisia, where he will, in representation of the President of the Republic, Jos? Eduardo dos Santos, attend the WSIS. http://allafrica.com/stories/200511150193.html RSF Outlines Position On WSIS Internet Governance Issue The second stage of WSIS will be a showy United Nations event where countries will try to agree on the legal and technical future of the Internet. How the Web is administered and regulated worldwide will be the hottest topic on the agenda. http://allafrica.com/stories/200511141195.html Information Technology On World Agenda This Week A World Summit on Information Society, the second of its kind. The summit will bring together about 12,000 political, business and civil society leaders as well as leading media organisations to bridge the digital divide and spread the benefits of the information society. http://allafrica.com/stories/200511141169.html http://news.africast.com/africastv/article.php?newsID=56976 Net wars divide EU and US A row between Europe and the US over internet governance is set to overshadow the UN-sponsored WSIS in Tunis on Monday. http://www.eupolitix.com/EN/News/200511/db94e12c-60f1-42d3-9b32-d72990b104fc.htm Who Owns the Internet? Should the United States own the Internet? It seems like a pretty silly question to ask given the global and seemingly indestructible nature of the network, but it is a question the international community has posed repeatedly of late. http://horus.vcsa.uci.edu/article.php?id=4215 http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/5983_1523654,004300140005.htm U.N. control of Internet? An idea for the 'delete' file Jon Postel, a Californian with pony tail and flowing beard, was once called the closest thing the Internet has had to a god. Indeed. From the late 1960s, when the Internet began to evolve from webs of military computers, until his death in 1998, Postel guided the technical body that laid structures and assigned names allowing computers to communicate. http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2005-11-14-our-view_x.htm us: House to Vote on 'Net Governance The U.S. House of Representatives plans to ease any doubt the United Nations may have regarding Internet governance. http://internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3564411 A low-cost laptop for every child In Cambridge, Mass., Nicholas Negroponte and his team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have been chipping away at a long-held dream: producing a laptop so cheap that governments could afford to link every child in the world to the Internet. http://csmonitor.com/2005/1116/p04s01-ussc.html Narrowing the Digital Divide WSIS will look at ways to extend technology to the world's poor. An African initiative to use high-speed internet to treat AIDS inspires those trying to figure out how to bridge the gap. http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,69561,00.html Agreement on web crime-fighting forum Negotiators have agreed to set up a global forum to discuss online crime, but appeared unlikely to resolve a dispute about control of the Internet ahead of a UN technology summit. http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411419/627653 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/event/story.cfm?c_id=1500997&objectid=10355499 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sources include Quicklinks <http://qlinks.net/> and BNA Internet Law News <http://www.bna.com/ilaw/>. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ (c) David Goldstein 2005 David Goldstein address: 4/3 Abbott Street COOGEE NSW 2034 AUSTRALIA email: Goldstein_David §yahoo.com.au phone: +61 418 228 605 - mobile; +61 2 9665 5773 - home ____________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Movies: Check out the Latest Trailers, Premiere Photos and full Actor Database. http://au.movies.yahoo.comReceived on Mon Nov 21 2005 - 11:35:06 UTC
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.3.0 : Sat Sep 09 2017 - 22:00:08 UTC