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Looking backwards and forwards at Whois
http://blog.icann.org/2010/04/looking-backwards-and-forwards-at-whois/

Launch of IDNs highlights gaps in Arabic-language trademark protection
http://www.internationallawoffice.com/newsletters/detail.aspx?g=0222986e-de99-4d7b-9128-46a705c8931a

AusRegistry International to provide assistance in launching Arabic Internationalised Domain Names
http://ausregistry.com/news-emarat.php

US Bill Would Make Cybersecurity Diplomatic Priority
http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2010/04/bill-would-make-cybersecurity.php

Reaping Profits From Poland?s Tragedy
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/15/world/europe/15poland.html

au: Using a domain name can constitute trade mark infringement
http://www.aar.com.au/pubs/ip/foipapr10_01.htm

National Arbitration Forum Domain Name Dispute Filings Hold Steady in 2009
http://domains.adrforum.com/

Reasons for supporting IPv6 continue to pile up
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/041310-reasons-to-support-ipv6.html

ARIN to Consider Looming IPv4 Shortage, Transition to IPv6
http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=10988

au: NBN must have IPv6 enabled: ISOC-AU
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/343206/nbn_must_ipv6_enabled_isoc-au/


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Looking backwards and forwards at Whois
What?s wrong with Whois? Perhaps nothing. Perhaps a lot. We lack the data to answer with certainty. The Whois service has drawn a lot of thought and debate from the ICANN community for ten years. In fact, the global look-up service has been the subject of so many points of view and so many policy suggestions that last May, the GNSO Council tasked the Policy Staff with rounding up all the suggestions that have been made thus far.
http://blog.icann.org/2010/04/looking-backwards-and-forwards-at-whois/

Trusted Community Representatives Approach to DNSSEC Root Key Management
ICANN, as the IANA functions operator, seeks to improve confidence and acceptance in the DNSSEC security mechanism among the wider Internet community by inviting recognized members of the DNS technical community to be part of the key generation, key backup and key signing process for the root.
http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-12apr10-en.htm

Launch of IDNs highlights gaps in Arabic-language trademark protection
As internationalized (non-Latin script) domain names (IDNs) are being adopted across the Arabic-speaking world, many brand owners are having to review the adequacy of their Arabic-language trademark protection.
http://www.internationallawoffice.com/newsletters/detail.aspx?g=0222986e-de99-4d7b-9128-46a705c8931a

New Top Level Domain Trademark Frontrunning Battle Heats Up
In June I wrote about how companies wanting to apply for new top level domain names were attempting to file trademarks on non-existent top level domain names.
http://domainnamewire.com/2010/04/12/new-top-level-domain-trademark-frontrunning-battle-heats-up/

Consultant Says New gTLDs Will Banish .Com to the Less Professional, Mom-and-Pop Segment of the Web
I was interviewed Sunday by Las Vegas based reporter Steve Friess for an article that appeared on AOLNews.com today about a local battle over a proposed new .Vegas gTLD. This would be one of the unlimited number of new TLDs ICANN plans to roll out within the next year or two.
http://dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100412.htm 

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.BO Domain Name Prices Slashed 35%
NIC Bolivia has announced that as of April 1, 2010, second level ?.BO? domain names prices charged to registrars were slashed by almost 35 per cent.
http://www.domainpulse.com/2010/04/14/bo-wholesale-domain-name-prices-slashed-35/
http://www.domainnews.com/en/bo-domain-name-prices-slashed-35.html

AusRegistry International to provide assistance in launching Arabic Internationalised Domain Names
AusRegistry International has today announced that it has been selected by the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) of the United Arab Emirates to provide expert assistance and advice in support of the implementation of the Arabic ??????. (.emarat) IDN ccTLD.
http://ausregistry.com/news-emarat.php

HK, S'pore tough on domain registration
Having recently tightened requirements for ccTLD registration, China and Russia may finally be catching up with counterparts Hong Kong and Singapore in the fight against cybercrime.
http://www.zdnetasia.com/hk-s-pore-tough-on-domain-registration-62062606.htm

UK govt: IP address is "Intellectual Property address"
The UK has just passed a far-reaching "Digital Economy" bill that gets the judiciary into the website-blocking business and orders ISPs to pass on copyright notices from media companies. It also makes it easy to expand into throttling and Internet disconnections a year from now.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/04/uk-govt-ip-address-is-intellectual-property-address.ars

New .Vegas Domain Sparks Turf War in Sin City
Most tourists to this gambling mecca land at McCarran International Airport, stay on the Strip and depart believing they visited Las Vegas. And ordinarily, there's no reason for any authorities here to disabuse them of that notion.
http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/new-vegas-domain-name-sparks-turf-war-in-las-vegas/19435736

za: Domain name backlog cleared
A backlog of co.za domain name registrations was cleared at the weekend, South Africa's domain name administrator said on Monday.
http://www.fin24.com/articles/default/display_article.aspx?ArticleId=1518-2386-2399_2579288
http://www.fin24.com/articles/default/display_article.aspx?Nav=ns&ArticleID=1518-2386-2399_2579288
http://www.busrep.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=552&fArticleId=5426196
http://www.timeslive.co.za/scitech/article400101.ece/co.za-backlog-cleared

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US Bill Would Make Cybersecurity Diplomatic Priority
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry, D-Mass., and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., introduced legislation Monday aimed at enhancing U.S. efforts to develop a coordinated international strategy for improving cybersecurity and curtailing cyber attacks.
http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2010/04/bill-would-make-cybersecurity.php
http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20100412_2390.php

US Air Force adds cyberwar training [AP]
The US Air Force will train all new recruits in the basics of cyberwarfare and add more advanced schooling for others to help combat the growing threat of attacks on US computer networks.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/3575538/US-Air-Force-adds-cyberwar-training
http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-technology/usaf-adds-cyber-training-for-recruits-and-officers-20100413-s4ic.html
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/usaf-adds-cyber-training-for-recruits-and-officers-20100413-s4ic.html

Cyberwar Nominee Sees Gaps in Law
The Army intelligence officer nominated to lead the Pentagon?s new command devoted to warfare in cyberspace has warned Congress that policy directives and legal controls over digital combat are outdated and have failed to keep pace with the military?s technical capabilities.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/15/world/15military.html

Senate set to consider NSA chief as head of Cyber Command
The Senate plans to hold a hearing on Thursday to consider the long-delayed nomination of Army Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander, director of the National Security Agency, as commander of the new U.S. Cyber Command.
http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20100413_3560.php

Legal Framework for Cyber Security Tops Agenda at CTO Forum
How best to come up with appropriate legal frameworks for Cyber security among commonwealth nations will take center stage at the planned cyber security forum organized by the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) in partnership with the United Kingdom department of Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the UK Government's Office of Cyber Security (OCS)
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/04/13/legal-framework-for-cyber-security-tops-agenda-at-cto-forum/
http://allafrica.com/stories/201004131291.html

Blurring the Boundaries Between Cybercrime And Politically Motivated Attacks
An emerging area of inquiry in security research is the blurring boundaries between cybercrime and other, more targeted forms of attack, and more specifically attacks that appear to be politically motivated. These attacks often take the form of targeted malware attacks that act as a form of surveillance in which sensitive documents and communications are captured from the targeted organizations and individuals or politically motivated distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that aim to punish, disrupt and censor the ability of the targets to communicate to the world.
http://blogs.forbes.com/firewall/2010/04/12/blurring-the-boundaries-between-cybercrime-and-politically-motivated-attacks/

DNSSEC Ready Set Go! But, Wait, Are You Ready?
The year 2010 is turning out to be the "year of DNSSEC" from Registry implementations, Registrar implementations, ISP support, to the Root being signed this summer. Because we are dealing with such critical infrastructure, it is important to not lose sight of careful implementations.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20100412_dnssec_ready_set_go_but_wait_are_you_ready/

DNSSEC No Longer Pie-in-the-Sky: Time to Develop a Strategy by Ram Mohan
You may have seen media reports a few weeks ago describing how servers behind the so-called Great Firewall of China were found delivering incorrect DNS information to users in the rest of the world, thereby redirecting users to edited Web pages. Reports indicate that this apparently occurred due to a caching error by a single Internet Service Provider. While the problem was fairly limited in scope, it could have entirely been prevented in a world where DNSSEC was fully deployed.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20100414_dnssec_no_longer_pie_in_the_sky_time_to_develop_a_strategy/

Will DNSSEC kill your internet?
Internet users face the risk of losing their internet connections on 5 May when the domain name system switches over to a new, more secure protocol.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/13/dnssec/

DNS? Wait a SEC by Elisa Cooper
Complete DNSSEC implementation requires that domains are authenticated at the root by the Registry, and that DNS zones and records are authenticated as well. Now before I go any further, let me begin by stating that I fully support the development and deployment of DNSSEC and that the vulnerabilities presented by Cache Poisoning are very real, especially for those websites collecting login credentials or other types of sensitive information
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20100414_dnssec_dns_wait_a_sec/

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Reaping Profits From Poland?s Tragedy
... Within hours of the crash, which also killed the president?s wife, Maria, the governor of Poland?s Central Bank and dozens of political and military leaders, sellers were hawking everything from commemorative plastic clocks adorned with images of the first couple smiling in front of a map of Poland to Internet domain names containing the late president?s name. One ? Lech-Kaczynski.eu ? was being offered on Allegro, the Polish equivalent of eBay, for one million zlotys, or $350,000, before critics complained and it was taken down.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/15/world/europe/15poland.html

au: Using a domain name can constitute trade mark infringement
In brief: A recent Federal Court 'Fast Track List' decision confirmed that use of a trade mark in a domain name, along with use of the trade mark on associated web sites, can constitute trade mark infringement. This list is an increasingly important part of a trade mark owner's arsenal in dealing with trade mark infringement and misuse of domain names. Partner Tim Golder and Senior Associates Jesse Gleeson and Mark Williams report.
http://www.aar.com.au/pubs/ip/foipapr10_01.htm

au: Federal Court decision enforces trade marks over internet marketing of strata-titled property [reg req'd]
The Federal Court recently enforced registered trade marks in relation to a number of websites marketing holiday accommodation. The Court's orders demonstrate the commercial advantages of having registered trade marks. The Court ordered that a number of domain names be transferred to the trade mark holder, that the content of websites and source code meta-tags be changed and that certain online advertising conduct cease.
http://ca.linexlegal.com/index.php?cid=473954

Researcher shows new clickjacking methods [IDG]
At the Black Hat Security conference in Barcelona, security consultant Paul Stone revealed four new methods, including one that uses the drag and drop API in Web browsers to trick users into dragging items on to Web pages.
http://www.itworldcanada.com/news/researcher-shows-new-clickjacking-methods/140432

National Arbitration Forum Domain Name Dispute Filings Hold Steady in 2009
The National Arbitration Forum, an international provider of dispute resolution services, today announced a total of 1,759 cases were filed in its domain name dispute resolution program in 2009, compared to 1,770 cases in 2008. The FORUM is approved by ICANN to provide domain name dispute resolution services under policies like the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP).
http://domains.adrforum.com/

Lawsuit filed over 'domain name theft'
Two online poker providers have become embroiled in a legal dispute over domain name ownership, it has been reported.
http://www.globalgold.co.uk/web-hosting-news/domains-news/lawsuit-filed-over-domain-name-theft-19719850.html

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Reasons for supporting IPv6 continue to pile up
Network and Web site operators are coming under increasing pressure to support IPv6 -- the long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol -- as more market indicators point to the rapid depletion of addresses for IPv4.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/041310-reasons-to-support-ipv6.html
http://www.itworld.com/networking/104480/reasons-supporting-ipv6-continue-pile
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/343006/reasons_supporting_ipv6_continue_pile_up
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9175447/Reasons_for_supporting_IPv6_continue_to_pile_up

ARIN to Consider Looming IPv4 Shortage, Transition to IPv6
With less than 8% of available IPv4 addresses unallocated, ARIN will be holding a meeting next week to consider whether any policy changes are necessary for the transition to IPv6 to occur smoothly.
http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=10988
http://www.domainpulse.com/2010/04/14/arin-to-consider-looming-ipv4-shortage-ipv6-transition/
http://www.domainnews.com/en/arin-meeting-to-consider-looming-ipv4-shortage-ipv6-transition.html

au: NBN must have IPv6 enabled: ISOC-AU
The National Broadband Network (NBN) must have Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) enabled at a network level, according to the Internet Society of Australia.
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/343206/nbn_must_ipv6_enabled_isoc-au/

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DOM Partners Fires Back at Mike Mann in Sex.com Case
Sex.comDOM Partners, a creditor and equity investor in Sex.com owner Escom, LLC, has filed a reply to Mike Mann?s opposition to DOM?s motion to dismiss bankruptcy proceedings against Escom.
http://domainnamewire.com/2010/04/13/dom-partners-fires-back-at-mike-mann-in-sex-com-case/

Moniker/SnapNames See Growth in Domain Name Sales
Moniker and SnapNames have reported a 42 per cent quarter-on-quarter jump in total sales of premium domain names in a news release released today.
http://www.domainpulse.com/2010/04/14/monikersnapnames-see-growth-in-domain-name-sales-value/
http://www.domainnews.com/en/moniker/snapnames-see-growth-in-value-of-domain-name-sales.html

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