Don't forget to check out http://www.auda.org.au/domain-news/ for the archive of the last 3 months of the news. And see my website - http://GoldsteinReport.com/ - for daily updates in between postings. *************************************************** The domain name news is supported by auDA *************************************************** ICANN's Board and GAC to Meet on New gTLDs http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-21jan11-en.htm GAC-Board consultations will be transparent - but something important is missing by Milton Mueller http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2011/1/23/4732829.html New TLDs may face more GAC delay http://domainincite.com/new-tlds-may-face-more-gac-delay/ au: Queensland Flood Affected Communities Given a Voice Online http://www.auda.org.au/news-archive/auda-21012011/ Reminders: Australian Domain Rules, Whirlpool Survey http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2011/01/reminders-australian-domain-rules-whirlpool-survey/ auDA feedback sought http://www.australianwebmaster.com/domain-names-hosting/7638-auda-feedback-sought.html au: International cooperation on cyber security and crime [Attorney-General's Department news release] http://www.attorneygeneral.gov.au/www/ministers/mcclelland.nsf/Page/MediaReleases_2011_FirstQuarter_21January2011-Internationalcooperationoncybersecurityandcrime Anthony Doesburg: Upgrade opens door to virtually infinite internet http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10700892 World will run out of internet addresses 'within weeks' [AFP] http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10701322 Internet Armageddon all my fault: Google chief http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/internet-armageddon-all-my-fault-google-chief-20110121-19z9i.html ********************** REPORTS & RESEARCH PAPERS ********************** Almost Free: An Analysis of ICANN's ?Affirmation of Commitments? by A. Michael Froomkin [Journal of Telecommunications and High Technology Law] Abstract: This article examines the legal and political effects of the ?Affirmation of Commitments? between the United States Department of Commerce and ICANN. The agreement purports to recast the public?private relationship at the heart of the management of the domain name system (?DNS?). http://ssrn.com/abstract=1744086 New analysis of risks and impact of cyberattacks: ?Reducing Systemic Cybersecurity Risk? by Peter Sommer & Ian Brown This report is part of a broader OECD study into "Future Global Shocks", examples of which could include a further failure of the global financial system, large-scale pandemics, escape of toxic substances resulting in wide-spread long-term pollution, and long-term weather or volcanic conditions inhibiting transport links across key intercontinental routes. http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/3/42/46894657.pdf http://ssrn.com/abstract=1743384 ********************** DOMAIN NAMES ********************** ********************** - ICANN ********************** ICANN's Board and GAC to Meet on New gTLDs During the recent ICANN meeting in Cartagena, the ICANN Board of Directors and Governmental Advisory Committee agreed to meet at some time prior to the upcoming Silicon Valley/San Francisco meeting in order to devote significant time in the interest of resolving the outstanding issues the GAC has identified with the new gTLD process. http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-21jan11-en.htm GAC-Board consultations will be transparent - but something important is missing by Milton Mueller ICANN has released new information about its crucial negotiations between the Board and its Governmental Advisory Committee over the new gTLD program. They have set the date (28 February and 1 March) and place (Brussels, Square Brussels Meeting Centre) for the meeting. They have also answered the question whether it will be open or not. The answer is Yes. http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2011/1/23/4732829.html New TLDs may face more GAC delay ICANN has finally confirmed the date for its groundbreaking meeting with its Governmental Advisory Committee, and it doesn?t look like great news for new top-level domain applicants. http://domainincite.com/new-tlds-may-face-more-gac-delay/ ********************** - ccTLD & gTLD NEWS ********************** au: Queensland Flood Affected Communities Given a Voice Online ... auDA ... released a series of free websites for communities affected by recent flooding throughout Queensland. http://www.auda.org.au/news-archive/auda-21012011/ Reminders: Australian Domain Rules, Whirlpool Survey A quick reminder of two things you might have forgotten over the holiday break. http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2011/01/reminders-australian-domain-rules-whirlpool-survey/ auDA feedback sought It's not much notice (I only just became aware of it) however the auDA Names Policy Panel is calling for comments from the public on policies relating to the .AU domain space. http://www.australianwebmaster.com/domain-names-hosting/7638-auda-feedback-sought.html China Domain Name Scams. It's A Scam! If your company has done anything in China (even just sending someone there to meet with a supplier), you have probably received a somewhat official email offering, at a steep price, to "help" you stop someone from taking your domain name. http://www.chinalawblog.com/2011/01/china_domain_name_scams_its_a_scam.html 79% of Respondents Choose Quality .CO Domain Over .COM Alternative An independent study shows inspiring results for .CO domain owners. Bryan Marble is an entrepreneur working on a group travel startup. He decided to put his domain name ideas to the test using sponsored text-ad split-testing and by asking people their domain preference. http://www.dotsauce.com/2011/01/20/quality-co-domain-over-com-alternative/ IEDR records 12.9% growth in .ie domains for 2010 The IE Domain Registry (IEDR), the managed registry for Ireland?s official internet address .ie, today reported that the total number of .ie domains grew by 12.9% net in 2010 to 153,419 at 31st December. http://www.iedr.ie/index.php/component/content/article/50-general/252-wednesday-19th-january-2011-iedr-records-129-growth-in-ie-domains-for-2010 New '.jobs' network may doom for-profits [The Washington Post] A massive network of employment websites ? where any company can list job openings for free ? launched last week over the protests of newspapers and online recruitment companies, who fear billions of dollars in lost revenue. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2014008855_btdotjobs24.html Increasing number of small businesses and private customers choose .se addresses The number of active .se domain names continue to increase ? at the end of 2010, there were 1,058,102. The largest growth in the past year was among small businesses and private individuals. http://www.iis.se/en/pressmeddelanden/allt-fler-smaforetagare-och-privatkunder-valjer-se-adress Registered Rights Sunrise for short .uk domains closes today The window to apply for the Registered Rights sunrise phase for previously reserved short domains closes today. The deadline for domain name applications is today at midday (12.00 GMT, 17 January 2011). http://www.nominet.org.uk/news/latest/?contentId=8127 ********************** - DNS SECURITY ********************** au: International cooperation on cyber security and crime [Attorney-General's Department news release] Attorney-General Robert McClelland said Australia?s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) will take part in an international Cyber Crime Conference to be conducted by the United States Department of Defence starting today. http://www.attorneygeneral.gov.au/www/ministers/mcclelland.nsf/Page/MediaReleases_2011_FirstQuarter_21January2011-Internationalcooperationoncybersecurityandcrime ISP security performance and the cost of botnet mitigation by Hadi Asghari As mentioned briefly in a post last Friday, between 5 to 10 percent of all broadband subscribers in the Netherlands had their machines recruited into a botnet at some point in 2009. This is a conservative estimate, based on the unique IP sources present in three distinct datasets of malicious network hosts: a large spam trap, the DShield distributed intrusion detection system, and Conficker sinkholes. Figure 1 shows the breakdown of the 1.1 million unique IP addresses from the Netherlands split among the Dutch ISPs. More than 80% of these addresses are located in the access ISPs, with remaining share being mostly located within the academic network Surfnet and at hosting providers. http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2011/1/22/4732757.html JPRS Deploys DNSSEC in the JP Domain Name Service On January 16, Japan Registry Services Co., Ltd. (JPRS: head office at Chiyoda-ku Tokyo; President: Koki Higashida) completed the release of DNSSEC feature in the JP domain name service in order to improve the security of JP domain names. http://jprs.co.jp/en/press/2011/110117.html New Guide on Cyber Security Incident Mangement for CERTs [news release] The Agency ENISA has issued a new guide on good practice, practical information and guidelines for the management of network and information security incidents by Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs). This should support the fight against cyber attacks. http://www.enisa.europa.eu/media/press-releases/new-guide-on-cyber-security-incident-management-to-support-the-fight-against-cyber-attacks Stuxnet: Cyber attack on Iran 'was carried out by Western powers and Israel' A British security expert has uncovered new evidence in the Stuxnet virus attack on Iran's nuclear programme. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/8274009/Stuxnet-Cyber-attack-on-Iran-was-carried-out-by-Western-powers-and-Israel.html ********************** - DOMAIN DISPUTES ********************** What are the Elements for Establishing Cybersquatting under the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (?ACPA?)? The Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (?ACPA?) is a statute under the Lanham Act which specifically protects domain names from trademark infringement. http://tcattorney.typepad.com/anticybersquatting_consum/2011/01/what-are-the-elements-for-establishing-cybersquatting-under-the-anti-cybersquatting-consumer-protection-act-acpa.html ********************** - IPv4/IPv6 ********************** Anthony Doesburg: Upgrade opens door to virtually infinite internet The day is fast approaching when the supply of addresses for connecting new devices to the internet will run out. With just a couple of weeks' worth of addresses remaining, organisations are beginning to buy and sell what was traditionally a free commodity. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10700892 Action, not talk, needed for IPv6 The co-developer of Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) has urged associations and businesses to take action on deploying IPv6, rather than continuing to talk. http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/374247/action_talk_needed_ipv6/ World will run out of internet addresses 'within weeks' [AFP] The world will run out of internet addresses "within weeks", according to one of the founding fathers of the web, a report said. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10701322 http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/world-running-out-of-internet-addresses-20110122-1a090.html http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-technology/world-running-out-of-internet-addresses-20110122-1a090.html Internet low on addresses [AFP] THE internet is running out of addresses. With everything from smartphones to internet-linked appliances and cars getting online, the group entrusted with organising the web is reaching the end of the ''IP'' numbers available to identify destinations for digital traffic. http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/internet-low-on-addresses-20110123-1a17x.html http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/web-addresses-drying-up/story-e6frg6so-1225993244015 ********************** - MISCELLANEOUS ********************** "Crime is crime": meet the Internet police John Morton, head of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE), wants netheads to know something about his agency: they are "not the police of the Internet." So what's the story with our headline? Morton made his comment about not policing the 'Net at the end of speech this week in which he talked about nothing except policing the 'Net. His agency may not be the police of the Internet, but it's certainly one of them, with its investigations "increasingly directed toward Web-based criminals." And Morton says that's a good thing. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/01/crime-is-crime-meet-the-internet-police.ars Internet Armageddon all my fault: Google chief The "father of the internet" says the world is going to run out of internet addresses "within weeks" ? and it will be all his fault. Google's chief internet evangelist, Vint Cerf, who created the web protocol, IPv4, that connects computers globally, said he had no idea that his "experiment" in 1977 "wouldn't end". http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/internet-armageddon-all-my-fault-google-chief-20110121-19z9i.html http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/technology/technology-news/internet-armageddon-all-my-fault-google-chief-20110121-19z9i.html http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/internet-armageddon-all-my-fault-google-chief-20110121-19z9i.html http://www.watoday.com.au/technology/technology-news/internet-armageddon-all-my-fault-google-chief-20110121-19z9i.html http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/4570428/Internet-Armageddon-all-my-fault-says-Google-chief Domains and the Freedom to Speak by John Levine For a very long time, predating the birth of ICANN, there's been a running battle about what should be required when one registers domain names. To oversimplify quite a lot, one side sees domain names as an essential component of free speech, so anyone should be able to register any domain without limit, the other notes that they're primarily used for commercial purposes and they enable quite a lot of mischief, so the more control, the better. http://jl.ly/ICANN/not95.html VeriSign Devises Way to Sell More Expiring Domain Names VeriSign has devised a system to sell more dropping domain names by discounting their price over time. http://domainnamewire.com/2011/01/20/verisign-devises-way-to-sell-more-expiring-domain-names/ 2010 Domain Name Year in Review - Oh, What A Year It Was! by Elisa Cooper Many of us were expecting radical changes in 2010 to the domain name market. There definitely were some of those -- just not the ones I expected. From the seizure of domains names by the US Government to ICANN's removal of restrictions on Registry/Registrar cross-ownership, 2010 was a year full of surprises. In this post, I've compiled what I think were the biggest domain name stories in 2010. http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110121_2010_domain_name_year_in_review_oh_what_a_year_it_was/ The State of the Industry January 2011: 19 Industry Leaders Identify 2010's Most Important Trends and Predict What Lies Ahead This Year We are proud to present our 7th annual State of the Industry Cover Story. These in-depth January reports are the most ambitious project we take on each year and we believe the time invested in reading what a broad cross section of industry leaders has to say will benefit anyone whose business depends on staying abreast of the latest developments in the domain world. http://dnjournal.com/cover/2011/january.htm nz: No black magic needed to get a website They say that midlife crisis for men typically expresses itself in one of three ways: Developing a drinking problem, buying a boat or seeking a mistress. I seem to be pursuing a different path, and instead am trying to connect with the television heroes of my youth. ... The other money that you should spend is buying a domain name, also known as a URL - unique reference locator - specifically your domain name, before someone else does. http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/opinion/4573464/No-black-magic-needed-to-get-a-website http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/business/4573464/No-black-magic-needed-to-get-a-website http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/business/4573464/No-black-magic-needed-to-get-a-website ********************** - DOMAINING & AFTERMARKET ********************** 2011 Domain Sales Season Gets Off to a Good Start As British Buyer Spends $100,000 to Be With His Soulmate And they're off! The 2011 domain sale race got underway this past week with the first public six-figure sale of the New Year setting the pace. That was a $100,000 deal for Soulmate.com handled by the AfternicDLS. The updated WhoIs record shows the buyer as being Nicholas Evans of the UK. I love the name - just a terrific brand for the dating category and in my opinion well worth the price. http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2011/20110119.htm Love Is In The Air For .Me & You Who wouldn?t want to Love.Me, Kiss.Me, Miss.Me at the most romantic time of year? On Feb. 3, online entrepreneurs and romantics alike can bid for some of the world?s most flirtatious domains at the DOMAINfest .ME auction. http://www.nic.me/news/news.php?&news=217 ********************** REPORTS & RESEARCH PAPERS ********************** Www.Aussiefirewall.Com.Au/Blocked by Mitchell Landrigan [Communications Law Bulletin] Abstract: The article reviews the Australian government?s mandatory ISP filtering regime. It commends the Australian government for its action in seeking to regulate the distribution of sexually explicit content involving children. The effectiveness of the mandatory ISP filtering regime is, however, another matter. The paper is sceptical about the effectiveness of the regime, believing that, for the most part, it is likely to under-block relevant restricted content. The article sets out the detailed reasoning when describing the technical limitations of the mandatory ISP filtering regime. However, it recognises that there are inherent limitations in the effectiveness of any ISP filtering regime given the various technical means for accessing internet content. http://ssrn.com/abstract=1742108 ********************** INTERNET USE ********************** Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi gets internet access Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has obtained internet access, two months after she was freed from years of house arrest. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12252158 Google: we can do better on spam Google has hit back at growing criticism of the quality of its search results, with a blog post pledging to tackle ?content farms? and admitting: ?We can and should do better.? http://blogs.ft.com/fttechhub/2011/01/google-spam/ au: We shop online, then line up to complain OUR love affair with online shopping is coming at a price. Australians made the second-highest number of complaints about online purchases last year, more than Britons and Canadians, according to a website run by an international consumer protection network. http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/we-shop-online-then-line-up-to-complain-20110122-1a0od.html http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/internet-shoppers-quick-to-complain-20110122-1a0k2.html ********************** SOCIAL NETWORKING ********************** Social networking under fresh attack as tide of cyber-scepticism sweeps US The way in which people frantically communicate online via Twitter, Facebook and instant messaging can be seen as a form of modern madness, according to a leading American sociologist. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jan/22/social-networking-cyber-scepticism-twitter Twitter Is a Great Tool. What Happens When It's Wrong? Untrue reports are often retweeted widely. Are there ways to halt such circulation?without inhibiting Twitter's constant flow? http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jan2011/tc20110120_761716.htm Scams on rise as hackers target Facebook users SHE has no idea who they were or why they would target her, but Box Hill mother of two Sasha Mathers feels violated by Facebook hackers. http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/scams-on-rise-as-hackers-target-facebook-users-20110122-1a0on.html http://www.smh.com.au/technology/security/facebook-hackers-stalk-the-network-20110122-1a0l5.html ********************** NEW TECHNOLOGIES ********************** Apple secretive about 'polluting and poisoning' supply chain, says report Apple is more secretive about its supply chain in China than almost all of its rivals, according to a new report by anti-pollution activists who accuse the company's products of degrading the environment and poisoning workers. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jan/20/apple-pollution-supply-chain Apple faces pollution storm in China A group of 36 Chinese environmental groups has accused Apple of failing to address concerns over pollution and worker health issues in factories supplying components for its gadgets. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/5817abce-23d4-11e0-8bb1-00144feab49a.html ************************************************ CHILD PROTECTION, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION ************************************************ Vint Cerf's message to Australia: internet censorship isn't effective Julia Gillard's bid to censor the internet is not an "effective move", says Vint Cerf, one of the founding fathers of the internet and Google's chief web evangelist. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/vint-cerfs-message-to-australia-internet-censorship-isnt-effective/story-e6frgakx-1225992330849 us: T-Mobile apps block drivers from texting or calling, let parents track kids' whereabouts T-Mobile USA Inc. is planning to help parents keep track of their kids -? by shutting down teens? phones while they drive and pinpointing their location at all times. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/01/t-mobile-apps-block-drivers-from-texting-or-calling-and-track-relatives-locations.html uk: Jeremy Hunt considers online TV crackdown The culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, plans to look at cracking down on rules covering online television, he said after addressing media industry executives at the Oxford Media Convention today. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jan/19/jeremy-hunt-online-tv uk: ?Law must protect children from internet TV? [sub req'd] Culture Secretary wants legislation to ensure children are not exposed to inappropriate content http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/technology/internet/article2881351.ece uk: CEOP showcases learning for European Commission On Wednesday 12 January 2011, CEOP was pleased to host a seminar for high-ranking delegates from the European Commission and other European institutions. The seminar was held to discuss draft legislation that is currently before the European Parliament, which will have a significant impact on how European countries, including the UK, respond to combating the sexual abuse and exploitation of children. http://www.ceop.police.uk/Media-Centre/Press-releases/2011/CEOP-showcases-learning-for-European-Commission/ ********************** ONLINE TV & MUSIC ********************** Music Industry Braces for the Unthinkable - May Already Be As Big As Will Ever Be After another year of plunging music sales, record company executives are starting to contemplate the unthinkable: The digital music business, held out as the future of the industry, may already be as big as it is going to get. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/24/technology/24music.html Global digital music sales slowing despite piracy crackdown The crackdown on websites aiding distribution of pirated content such as LimeWire and Pirate Bay failed to stem falling music sales last year, according to industry figures that show that the global growth in digital music halved in 2010. http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/jan/20/ifpi-world-music-sales-2010 Music industry working on global copyright database The music industry is working to create a global repertoire database to make it easier and faster for new online music services to come to market. http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-54316820110121 Gaming industry lose 'billions' to chipped consoles People who play illegal copies of video games on chipped or modified consoles cost at least ?1.45 billion in lost sales in 2010. http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/12248010 ********************** MOBILE/WIRELESS ********************** Text messaging 'improves children's spelling skills' Mobile phone text messaging can boost children?s spelling skills, according to new research. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/8272502/Text-messaging-improves-childrens-spelling-skills.html Don't Sacrifice Security on Mobile Devices Increasingly powerful mobile phones are making Internet access and use more convenient than ever. However, the security of mobile operating systems is not as mature or as strong as that of workstation and server operating systems. Platforms like Windows and Ubuntu receive security scrutiny, and regular and frequent updates to resolve security problems. The open source/free software communities and Microsoft are more or less open about security problems and fixes. http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/01/dont-sacrifice-security-mobile-devices Smartphone rivals nip HTC?s heels A year ago, Taiwan?s HTC was a well-regarded but relatively minor player in the mobile phone industry ? acclaimed as the maker of the first Android phone but its sales of 11m units in 2009 was a fraction of market leader Nokia?s and just half that of Apple?s iPhone. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/169f14ee-2720-11e0-80d7-00144feab49a.html Mobile phone to blast into orbit British engineers are planning to put a mobile phone in space. The team at Surrey Satellite Technology Limited in Guildford want to see if the sophisticated capabilities in today's phones will function in the most challenging environment known. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12253228 ************************** ONLINE CRIME, SECURITY & LEGAL ************************** London Olympics Will Be 'Ready' for Cyber Attacks, Says CIO The London Olympic Games' IT will be well prepared for cyberattack attempts, according to London 2012 CIO Gerry Pennell. http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/security/3257398/london-olympics-will-be-ready-for-cyber-attacks-says-cio/ http://www.pcworld.com/article/217143/.html au: Telstra battles directory ruling: directory copyright battle Telstra has applied for leave to appeal to the High Court against a ruling that its Sensis directories are not protected by copyright law. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/legal-affairs/telstra-battles-directory-ruling-directory-copyright-battle/story-e6frg97x-1225991913693 nz: Trap now set for cold call scammers It's a trap! Hamilton man Bruce Kingsbury plans to show green computer users what not to do next time they get a call from an "expert" offering to help clean viruses from their machine. http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/4569267/Trap-now-set-for-cold-call-scammers "Crime is crime": meet the Internet police John Morton, head of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE), wants netheads to know something about his agency: they are "not the police of the Internet." So what's the story with our headline? Morton made his comment about not policing the 'Net at the end of speech this week in which he talked about nothing except policing the 'Net. His agency may not be the police of the Internet, but it's certainly one of them, with its investigations "increasingly directed toward Web-based criminals." And Morton says that's a good thing. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/01/crime-is-crime-meet-the-internet-police.ars au: International cooperation on cyber security and crime [Attorney-General's Department news release] Attorney-General Robert McClelland said Australia?s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) will take part in an international Cyber Crime Conference to be conducted by the United States Department of Defence starting today. http://www.attorneygeneral.gov.au/www/ministers/mcclelland.nsf/Page/MediaReleases_2011_FirstQuarter_21January2011-Internationalcooperationoncybersecurityandcrime ISP security performance and the cost of botnet mitigation by Hadi Asghari As mentioned briefly in a post last Friday, between 5 to 10 percent of all broadband subscribers in the Netherlands had their machines recruited into a botnet at some point in 2009. This is a conservative estimate, based on the unique IP sources present in three distinct datasets of malicious network hosts: a large spam trap, the DShield distributed intrusion detection system, and Conficker sinkholes. Figure 1 shows the breakdown of the 1.1 million unique IP addresses from the Netherlands split among the Dutch ISPs. More than 80% of these addresses are located in the access ISPs, with remaining share being mostly located within the academic network Surfnet and at hosting providers. http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2011/1/22/4732757.html New Guide on Cyber Security Incident Mangement for CERTs [news release] The Agency ENISA has issued a new guide on good practice, practical information and guidelines for the management of network and information security incidents by Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs). This should support the fight against cyber attacks. http://www.enisa.europa.eu/media/press-releases/new-guide-on-cyber-security-incident-management-to-support-the-fight-against-cyber-attacks Stuxnet: Cyber attack on Iran 'was carried out by Western powers and Israel' A British security expert has uncovered new evidence in the Stuxnet virus attack on Iran's nuclear programme. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/8274009/Stuxnet-Cyber-attack-on-Iran-was-carried-out-by-Western-powers-and-Israel.html ************************** PRIVACY ************************** au: Snoop power privacy fear PRIVACY groups have called for judicial supervision of new surveillance laws that would give police access to the telephone records of missing people, even where there is no suspicion of criminal activity. http://www.theage.com.au/national/snoop-power-privacy-fear-20110122-1a0oi.html http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/privacy-fears-for-phone-data-20110122-1a0l3.html Privacy fears for phone data POLICE would have access to the telephone records of missing people even when there was no suspicion of criminal activity under a plan that civil liberties activists say could lead to "gross invasions of privacy". http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/privacy-fears-for-phone-data-20110122-1a0l3.html http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/privacy-fears-for-phone-data-20110122-1a0l3.html us: Meeting the Threat of Terrorism: Protecting Privacy and Civil Liberties in a Networked Information Environment In the fight against terrorism, we must deploy 21st century solutions that protect America?s most traditional values: civil liberties and privacy. America?s national security depends on information sharing?technology and policy working in a collaborative environment so the right people get the right information at the right time, to stop terrorist attacks. This information sharing framework succeeds only if Americans trust it will respect their privacy and protect civil liberties. The Markle Task Force offers principles and policies to meet the challenge of strengthening national security and protecting civil liberties in a networked information environment. http://www.markle.org/publications/498-meeting-threat-terrorism-protecting-privacy-and-civil-liberties-networked-informati ********************** CENSORSHIP ********************** Tunisia's revolution isn't a product of Twitter or WikiLeaks. But they do help by Timothy Garton Ash The internet alone won't set anyone free. Between north Africa and Belarus, we are learning just what it can and can't do http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jan/19/tunisia-revolution-twitter-facebook Banned in Beijing! by Nicholas D. Kristof Psst. Don?t tell the Chinese government, but I started a Chinese-language blog here in China, and it contains counterrevolutionary praise of dissidents. It?s at http://blog.sina.com.cn/jisidao. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/23/opinion/23kristof.html Iran police patrol against cyber 'mischief' Iran has launched its first cyber police unit, in what Iranian officials say is an attempt to stamp out "defamation" and "mischief". http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/01/24/3119667.htm Iran launches cyber crime unit: police [AFP] Iran on Sunday officially launched its cyber police unit to confront Internet crimes and counter social networks that spread "espionage and riots," police chief Esmaeil Ahmadi Moghaddam said. http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/iran-launches-cyber-crime-unit-police-20110124-1a1j0.html ************************** GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY ************************** uk: New Communications Act will rewrite media regulation, says minister The Government will overhaul the way UK media companies are regulated with a new Communications Act. Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt said that a new law was needed "to create regulatory certainty". http://out-law.com/page-11728 Net neutrality fundamental to fairness, says BBC boss Net neutrality must be defended if low income households are not to be excluded from new ways to consume digital content, BBC director general Mark Thompson has said. http://out-law.com/page-11729 Verizon files court appeal to stop FCC's net neutrality rules Verizon Communications went to federal court Thursday to try to stop the Federal Communications Commission's new rules to guarantee open Internet access. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/01/net-neutrality-verizon-fcc-court-suit-internet-.html Verizon sues FCC over net-neutrality rules Just weeks after the Federal Communications Commission adopted its first-ever rules aimed at regulating Internet access, Verizon Communications on Thursday filed a federal lawsuit to overturn the controversial order. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/20/AR2011012005853.html ACTA Inconsistent With European Law, Legal Experts Say The recently completed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is not fully consistent with European Union law and goes beyond international law in some of its aspects, concluded a group of intellectual property law experts from universities in Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France and Spain. http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2011/01/23/acta-inconsistent-with-european-law-legal-experts-say/ au: Opinion - Electronic Frontiers Australia: We owe the classification system a debt of thanks Before it came along, we were served by a revolving series of moral panics, changing censorship ministers and a patchwork of different state systems. Many books and films were banned that today would hardly warrant a mention - I wonder how many high schools would not allow "The Trial of Lady Chatterley" a place in their libraries? In the sordid history of censorship in Australia, the creation of a national system under the Hawke government in 1984 at least gave us something that was uniform and understandable, and led to a slight loosening of a system that was much more puritanical than the citizens it served. http://www.abc.net.au/technology/articles/2011/01/24/3119734.htm ********************************* MISCELLANEOUS ********************************* Google shuffle: why Eric Schmidt had to be pushed from the top Eric Schmidt's departure after nearly 10 years as chief executive of Google, to be replaced by the intense Larry Page (after whom Google's PageRank algorithm, the system for determining where web pages should rank in search results, is named), has been quite a while coming. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/jan/21/google-eric-schmidt-larry-page Chief Seeks More Agile Google: As CEO, Larry Page Must Pierce Bureaucracy, Compete With Nimble Upstarts Larry Page's PageRank algorithm was the basis for Google Inc.'s search engine. As Google's new chief executive, Mr. Page will face the challenge of leading a company that has grown far beyond that algorithm and must compete with agile Web upstarts such as Facebook Inc. and Groupon Inc. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704115404576096332781525252.html Google Shake-Up Is Effort to Revive Start-Up Spark Google made the biggest management shake-up in a decade on Thursday, handing the reins of the company to one of its co-founders in an effort to rediscover its start-up roots. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/21/technology/21chief.html A Creator Prepares to Take the Reins at Google Things that get Larry Page excited: tossing around programming lingo with engineers, picking the brains of scientists and championing ideas that belong in science-fiction novels, like cars that drive themselves. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/22/technology/22google.html Why Facebook Looks Like a Bargain-Even at $50 Billion The media frenzy over Facebook's private offering already has made Google's 2004 IPO look tame. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703951704576091993394718716.html ********************** TELECOMMUNICATIONS ********************** Internet visionary and Google web evangelist Vint Cerf praises NBN Vint Cerf, one of the founding fathers of the internet, has heaped praise on the government's national broadband network but warned that it will be very difficult to predict the economic benefits of the $36 billion project until they appear. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/telecommunications/internet-visionary-and-google-web-evangelist-vint-cerf-praises-nbn/story-fn4iyzsr-1225992510039 au: Founder of net says NBN is a stunning investment A founder of the internet has heaped praise on the National Broadband Network but warned it will be difficult to predict its economic benefits. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/founder-of-net-says-nbn-is-a-stunning-investment/story-e6frg8zx-1225993282500 EU broadband state aid hits record high State aid for broadband in 2010 was more than four times the amount in 2009 and comprised a record total of ?1.8 billion in public funds. But scepticism remains as to whether EU funds will inject competition into the high-speed Internet market. http://www.euractiv.com/en/infosociety/eu-broadband-state-aid-hits-record-high-news-501456 http://www.broadband-europe.eu/Pages/NewsDetail.aspx?ItemID=758 Broadband cable on its way to unplugged Cuba Cuba is set to join the high-speed broadband era with an undersea fibre-optic cable laid from Venezuela, bringing the promise of speedy internet to one of the world's least connected countries. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/23/broadband-cable-unplugged-cuba Commission approves record amount of state aid for the deployment of broadband networks in 2010 In keeping with the ambitious digital agenda goals set in the EU 2020, the European Commission has approved, under the EU guidelines for state aid to broadband, the use of over ?1.8 billion public funds for broadband development to support economic recovery, inclusive growth and the long term competitiveness of the EU. The public funds are aimed to ensure that all citizens have access to high speed Internet access in the European Union, including in rural or remote areas. http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/11/54 TV broadcasters resist FCC proposal to surrender more airwaves Many broadcasters are already worried about declining viewers, and now they say the government wants to take away something more: the airwaves themselves. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/19/AR2011011907265.html us: Plan and Timetable to Make Available 500 Megahertz of Spectrum for Wireless Broadband This report outlines the approach that NTIA will take in collaboration with the FCC and Federal agencies to achieve the President?s goal to make 500 megahertz of spectrum available for fixed and mobile wireless broadband within ten years. The report includes a list of bands for consideration under the plan. http://www.ntia.doc.gov/reports/2010/TenYearPlan_11152010.pdf ********************************** ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR ONLINE CHILD PROTECTION ********************************** us: Teens charged with child porn offences A 14-year-old girl in the US has been accused of making several videos of toddlers involved in sexual acts and sending them by mobile phone to a 17-year-old boy in Britain. http://www.theage.com.au/world/teens-charged-with-child-porn-offences-20110122-1a0ay.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ (c) David Goldstein 2011 --------- David Goldstein email: goldstein_david§yahoo.com.au web: http://davidgoldstein.tel/ http://goldsteinreport.com/ phone: +61 418 228 605 - mobile; +61 2 9665 5773 - office/home "Every time you use fossil fuels, you're adding to the problem. Every time you forgo fossil fuels, you're being part of the solution" - Dr Tim FlanneryReceived on Mon Jan 24 2011 - 00:07:06 UTC
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