[kictanet] U.S. Intends to Remain in Full Control of Internet Root Zone and more

Sun Aug 3 12:27:21 EAT 2008

Thanks for this useful information post Alice:
Article1 : Control of Root Zone File=Control of Internet. If this issue
is not resolved as part of JPA the Internet could break up soon.
Artile 12: Uganda ccTLD: Interesting way to manage the ccTLD. Ithought
the multi-stakeholder model e.g. KENIC was the best practice. In Ug it
appears the choice is between Musisi and UCC.
Artile 24: Emirates Airlines Offline - Why is it that we cannot just buy
domains forever. If Emirates can forget to renew, who is going to
remember??? That reminds me my domain signet.co.ke expired about a month
ago!
Waudo

On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:31:15 +0300, "alice" <alice at apc.org> said:
> 1. US: We Will Not Give Up Oversight Of Internet Domain Name Root Zone
> The Bush administration has no intention of giving up United States
> oversight role of the management of the central root zone of the
> internet domain name system (DNS), the essential database storing
> information on how to reach domain names on the global internet.
> http://ip-watch.org/weblog/index.php?p=1185
> 
> 2. U.S. Intends to Remain in Full Control of Internet Root Zone, Says
> Letter from NTIA
> In a letter sent by bureau of the U.S. Department of Commerce,
> National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to
> ICANN, the department has made it clear that despite recent
> discussions in Paris meetings, the U.S. department intends to remain
> in full authority over the Internet root zone.
> http://www.circleid.com/posts/87315_us_in_control_of_internet_root_zone/
> 
> 3. Public Comments: Improving Institutional Confidence in ICANN
> Dear Chairman Dengate-Thrush: On June 16, 2008, the ICANN posted for
> public comment a series of interrelated documents prepared by the
> President's Strategy Committee (PSC) regarding improving institutional
> confidence in ICANN. The Department of Commerce (Department) takes
> this opportunity as a member of the community and ICANN's partner in
> the Joint Project Agreement (JPA) to offers its views on such an
> important topic.
> http://www.ntia.doc.gov/comments/2008/ICANN_080730.html
> 
> 4. Egypt / ICANN meeting [news release]
> The Government of Egypt has the honor to host, in Cairo, the next
> ICANN meeting, from 2 to 7 November 2008, at InterContinental
> CityStars Hotel. The ICANN meeting was previously hosted in Cairo in
> March 2000, by the Egyptian Ministry of Communications, the Cabinet
> Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) and the Internet
> Society of Egypt.
> http://appablog.wordpress.com/2008/07/29/egypt-icann-meeting-2/
> 
> 5. ICANN To Offload Domains from De-Accredited Registrar
> When RegisterFly lost its ICANN accreditation, GoDaddy swooped in to
> take over the registration of RegisterFly clients' domain names. It
> was a nice pickup for GoDaddy of nearly 1 million domain names.
> http://domainnamewire.com/2008/07/31/icann-to-offload-domains-from-de-accredited-registrar/
> 
> **********************
>  - ccTLD & gTLD NEWS
> **********************
> 6. Olympic organisers agree to China blocking 'sensitive' internet sites
> Olympic organisers 'regret' agreement to restrictions but China claims
> censorship will not affect reporting of Beijing 2008 ... Chinese
> officials said the censorship would not hamper journalists in their
> job of reporting the Games. A BOCOG spokesman Sun Weide said that the
> plan had always been to provide "sufficient" Internet access for
> foreign reporters. Sites run by the Falun Gong religious sect remain
> inaccessible, as do most with the word Tibet in their internet
> address.
> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/olympics/article4431162.ece
> 
> 7. Personalize your domain using .ME
> The .ME Registry officially opened for live, real-time registrations
> and was met with huge international demand. .ME after .com, .biz,
> .eduis spreading around the world with more than 50,000 new domain
> names with the first "live" name registered being: yusu.me.
> http://www.ciol.com/Developer/Enterprise-Tools/News-Reports/Personalize-your-domain-using-ME/30708108447/0/
> 
> 8. Barack Obama Goes .Mobi
> United States Presidential candidate Barack Obama is leveraging the
> mobile web to get his message out. His campaign is using
> ObamaMobile.mobi. And unlike most popular .mobi domain names, it
> actually resolves to a .mobi domain rather than just forwarding to a
> mobile version of a .com we site.
> http://domainnamewire.com/2008/07/29/barack-obama-goes-mobi/
> 
> 9. Dot-na Doman Remains Hot Potato
> THE controversy surrounding Namibia's Internet domain name (.na) is
> not likely to die down soon, given the recent formation of a new
> Ministry of Information and Communication Technology.
> http://www.namibian.com.na/2008/July/national/081AFB7980.html
> http://allafrica.com/stories/200807310688.html
> 
> 10. InternetNZ selects web advocate board members
> InternetNZ has appointed four members to its executive board, formed
> earlier this year as part of a structural review of the society in
> order to act as an advocate for internet users.
> http://www.itbrief.co.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2464&Itemid=808
> 
> 11. The WashBiz Guest Blog: A Day At .ORG
> Welcome to Day 2 of our little experiment in guest blogging, something
> we hope captures a small slice of Washington at work. All this week we
> plan to run posts from Adam Palmer, policy counsel for .ORG, the
> Public Interest Registry based in Reston. Adam works on policy issues
> dealing with Internet governance, cyber security, and e-commerce.
> Today, he talks about what one actually does at .org.
> http://blog.washingtonpost.com/washbizblog/2008/07/the_washbiz_guest_blog_adam_pa.html
> 
> 12. UCC abandons attempt to control Uganda domain name
> The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) says it is not interested
> in taking over control of the Uganda country code, .ug. The country
> code is registered to and controlled by Charles Musisi, an Internet
> entrepreneur who has managed Uganda domain names over the past 12
> years.
> http://www.independent.co.ug/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=736&Itemid=2946
> 
> 13. Number of domains in the UZ zone exceeds 7,000
> The number of domains registered in the .UZ zone exceeded 7,000 as of
> 25 July, the administration of the .UZ domain zone said. According to
> the statistics, the number has grown by about 22% from 5,766 since the
> beginning of the year.
> http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=58005
> 
> **********************
>  - DNS SECURITY
> **********************
> 14. DNS patches cause problems, developers admit
> Patches released earlier this month to quash a critical bug in the DNS
> (Domain Name System) have slowed servers running BIND (Berkeley
> Internet Name Domain), the Internet's most popular DNS software, and
> crippled some systems versions of Windows Server.
> http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9111001
> http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/07/29/DNS_patches_cause_problems_developers_admit_1.html
> http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/scrt/EA56EA85FA872164CC257496000F71E7
> 
> 15. Apple skewered over missing DNS patch
> Apple has come under fire for failing to patch the critical Domain
> Name System (DNS) flaw which prompted a (rest of) industry wide
> response earlier this month.
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/29/apple_dns_patch_mia/
> 
> 16. With Security at Risk, a Push to Patch the Web
> Since a secret emergency meeting of computer security experts at
> Microsoft's headquarters in March, Dan Kaminsky has been urging
> companies around the world to fix a potentially dangerous flaw in the
> basic plumbing of the Internet.
> http://nytimes.com/2008/07/30/technology/30flaw.html
> http://iht.com/articles/2008/07/30/technology/30flaw.php
> 
> 17. Hackers start DNS attacks, researcher says
> Hackers are now actively exploiting a critical flaw in the Domain Name
> System, but they're not using any of the already known exploits, said
> a researcher who crafted the first attack code to go public.
> http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9111098
> 
> 18. Internet providers in Vietnam battle DNS flaw
> Local internet service providers (ISPs) say they are taking action to
> overcome a serious flaw inherent in the Domain Name System (DNS) that
> could allow an attacker to re-direct unwilling web users to dangerous
> sites.
> http://english.vietnamnet.vn/tech/2008/07/796258/
> 
> **********************
>  - MISCELLANEOUS
> **********************
> 19. Asia Pacific Internet Community to descend on Christchurch - NZ to
> host APNIC 26 [news release]
> Next month, InternetNZ (the Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) and
> the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) will jointly host
> APNIC 26, one of the most important meetings in 2008 for the local
> Internet community.
> http://www.internetnz.net.nz/media/2008/apnicevent
> 
> 20. InternetNZ appoints Executive Board members [news release]
> InternetNZ (the Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) is pleased to
> announce it has appointed Peter Dengate-Thrush, June McCabe, Miki
> Szikszai, and Judy Speight as members of its recently-established
> Executive Board.
> http://www.internetnz.net.nz/media/2008/execboard
> 
> 21. InternetNZ launches Liz Dengate Thrush Foundation [news release]
> InternetNZ (the Internet Society of New Zealand Inc) is pleased to
> announce the launch of an Internet entrepreneurship foundation
> established in memory of Liz Dengate Thrush, a former Councillor of
> the Society.
> http://www.internetnz.net.nz/media/2008/ldtf
> 
> 22. Barack Obama Goes .Mobi
> United States Presidential candidate Barack Obama is leveraging the
> mobile web to get his message out. His campaign is using
> ObamaMobile.mobi. And unlike most popular .mobi domain names, it
> actually resolves to a .mobi domain rather than just forwarding to a
> mobile version of a .com we site.
> http://domainnamewire.com/2008/07/29/barack-obama-goes-mobi/
> 
> 23. Why We'll Never Replace SMTP by John Levine
> John Levine An acquaintance asked whether there's been any progress in
> the oft-rumored project to come up with a more secure replacement for
> SMTP. Answer: No. Truly, spam isn't a technical problem, it's a social
> one. If we could figure out some way to make mail recipient networks
> and hosts willing to shun known bad actors, even at the cost of losing
> some real mail for a while until the bad actors cave, it would make
> vastly more difference than any possible technical changes.
> http://www.circleid.com/posts/replacing_smtp/
> 
> 24. Emirates airline website plummets offline in A380 excitement
> Dubai's government-owned airline, Emirates, forgot to renew its domain
> name this week, sending its website crashing offline on the same day
> it was trumpeting delivery of its first Airbus A380 superjumbo.
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/31/emirates_domain_loss/
> 
> **********************
>  - DOMAINING & AFTERMARKET
> **********************
> 25. Find an Undervalued Asset. Fix It Up. Flip It. (Now It's Web
> Sites, Not Houses)
> Dave Hermansen did not own a bird or a cage when he bought
> bird-cage.com, an online store, for $1,800 three years ago. He simply
> saw a Web site that was "very, very poorly done," and begged the
> owners to sell it to him. He then redesigned the site, added
> advertising and drove up traffic. Last December, he sold it for
> $173,000.
> http://nytimes.com/2008/07/29/technology/29flip.html
> 
> 26. Matt Bentley Leaving Sedo
> Sedo Chief Strategy Officer Matt Bentley is leaving the company, Sedo
> announced today. The move is effective the end of this month.
> http://domainnamewire.com/2008/07/29/matt-bentley-leaving-sedo/
> 
> 27. Imminent Domaining: The domain name market is a hot investment
> opportunity for entrepreneurs.
> One hundred domains. Sounds like a good, round, impressive number. And
> 100 felt like a lot for Howard Hoffman, who began snapping up domains
> like HealthWater.com and SportsWater.com to help redirect web surfers
> to his bottled water company's site, taking advantage of what's called
> "type-in traffic," when users just enter words or a guessed-at domain
> into the browser address bar.
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25932453/
> 
> 28. Moniker/Snapnames accidentally sell the wrong domain
> Imagine the following scenario: A registrant owns a .NET version of
> your .COM domain and decides to list it with SnapNames. However he
> mistypes the domain by entering the .COM version in the spreadsheet he
> sends to his account manager.
> http://www.domainnamenews.com/registrars/monikersnapnames-accidentally-sell-the-wrong-domain/1783
> 
> 29. Crash Course Guide to Domain Name Appraisals
> Ever looked for new domains to buy in auctions, pending delete, or
> expired? I'm sure all of us have some difficulty appraising the value
> of domains. The process is both easy and hard at the same time,
> especially when considering the long term value and not necessarily
> the present value. Grabbing a domain name now that holds a
> potential-value in the future is a real-niche and requires some
> strategy. Though the remaining names market and especially the gTLDs
> (Generic Top Level Domain Extensions, e.g. .COM/.NET/.ORG) is
> saturated and sometimes impossible to get a nice ones but there are
> some techniques to grab excellent and superior names using some
> technique we had successfully put on trial and lead us successfully to
> acquire many domains such as EVERNET.com and PreLanding.com. In this
> article, I will be highlighting some quick techniques to evaluate
> domains for the present or near-future resale value.
> http://www.dotsauce.com/2008/07/31/domain-name-appraisals/
> 
> 30. Google makes 6 Figure Offer for KNOL.com
> For a vacuum cleaner reseller from Dordrecht in the Netherlands,
> Europe, this week may very well be the time of their life!. The family
> Knol have been the owner of the domain name knol.com for many years
> and it looks like Google is interested in purchasing the domain!
> Google has reportedly offered "a sum of five zeros."
> http://www.domainnews.com/en/general/google-makes-a-5-figure-offer-for-knol.com.html
> 
> **********************
>  - NON-ENGLISH NEWS
> **********************
> 31. Österreicher lieben heimische Domains
> "Die .com-Ära ist vorbei – wir leben in einem Zeitalter des lokalen
> Internets, wo regionale Anker immer wichtiger werden", bringt
> nic.at-Geschäftsführer Richard Wein das Hauptergebnis der
> Domain-Studie 2008 auf den Punkt. Die im Mai vom
> Meinungsforschungsinstitut Marketagent durchgeführte Befragung der
> webaktiven Bevölkerung in Östereich zeigt: ".at" ist im Vormarsch und
> mit Abstand am beliebtesten bei heimischen Internetnutzern.
> http://www.computerwelt.at/detailArticle.asp?a=116636&n=5
> 
> 32. DNS-Lücke in Mac OS X weiter ungepatcht
> Drei Wochen nach Bekanntwerden der Sicherheitslücke im Domain Name
> System (DNS) hat Apple bisher noch kein Update für Mac OS X
> veröffentlicht. "Apple nutzt den populären BIND-DNS-Server des
> Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) für Mac OS X Server. Obwohl der
> BIND-Server zu den ersten Anwendungen gehört, für die ein Update zur
> Verfügung stand, hat Apple die korrigierte Version noch nicht für Mac
> OS X Server freigegeben", kritisiert der Sicherheitsforscher Rich
> Mogull in einem Blogeintrag.
> http://www.zdnet.de/security/news/0,39029460,39194237,00.htm
> 
> 33. Online-Reisen im Schatten der Typosquatter
> Reisen werden mittlerweile sehr gerne online gebucht. Netnames,
> Spezialist für Domainnamen-Management, warnt in diesem Zusammenhang:
> Schon ein unbedachter Tippfehler in der Internetadresse und Kunden
> laufen Gefahr, in die Fänge so genannter Typosquatter zu geraten.
> "Beim Tippen der Domainnamen schleicht sich, egal, ob aus Unwissenheit
> oder durch die allgemeine Vorurlaubshektik, so mancher Fehler ein.
> Wollen Reiseanbieter, die das Internet als Vertriebskanal nutzen,
> potenzielle Kunden nicht verlieren und sich vor Online-Betrügern
> schützen, gibt es ein einfaches Rezept: Sie können dafür sorgen, dass
> selbst die nicht ganz korrekte Schreibweise der URL zum richtigen Ziel
> führt", rät Bernd Beiser, Geschäftsführer der Netnames nicht gänzlich
> uneigennützig. Unternehmen sollten sich daher auch Domainnamen
> sichern, die gängige Tippfehler oder Buchstabendreher enthalten.
> http://www.computerwelt.at/detailArticle.asp?a=116615&n=4
> 
> 34. Olympisches Komitee akzeptiert Internetzensur in China
> Kürzlich sprach IOC-Präsident Rogge noch von einem "unzensierten
> Zugang zum Internet" zu den Spielen in Peking. Ein leeres Versprechen,
> denn die Zensur geht weiter, auch für die chinesischen
> DW-WORLD-Seiten. ... Um beispielsweise einen Zugriff auf die Seiten
> www.dw-world.de/chinese unmöglich zu machen, wird unter anderem
> verhindert, dass Browser-Eingaben wie www.dw-world.de/chinese mit
> einem sogenannten Domain Name Server (DNS) in die technisch notwendige
> Zieladresse in Form einer IP-Adresse (194.55.30.46) übersetzt werden.
> Gleichzeitig wird der Zugriff auf diese Server-Adressen blockiert, so
> dass Internet-Anwender auch mit der direkten Eingabe der IP-Adresse
> nicht zum Ziel kommen.
> http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,3524889,00.html
> 
> 35. Wie China unliebsame Websites blockiert
> Was den Journalisten im Pressezentrum der Olympischen Spiele in Peking
> widerfährt, ist im Rest des Landes Alltag: In der Volksrepublik China
> - mit Ausnahme von Hongkong und Macao - gibt es keinen freien Zugang
> zum Internet, unliebsame Inhalte lassen die Machthaber blockieren. ...
> Will man eine Adresse wie «amnesty.org» mit dem Browser aufrufen, muss
> dieser Name erst in eine für Computer verwendbare, eindeutige
> Nummernkombination übersetzt werden - die IP-Adresse. Diese Aufgabe
> erledigen Domain Name Server, welche die Internet Provider betreiben.
> Die Unternehmen können mit Filtern verhindern, dass die Datenbanken
> die IP-Adressen regimekritischer Portale ausliefern.
> http://www.ov-online.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=129170&Itemid=70
> http://www.rhein-main.net/sixcms/detail.php/rmn01.c.5014507.de/v2_rmn_sport_actual_article
> http://www.digitalfernsehen.de/news/news_381044.html
> 
> 36. Internet-Tippfehler können schnell teuer werden
> Der britische Domainspezialist Netnames ist ein Unternehmen, das sich
> auf die Fahne geschrieben hat, Firmenidentitäten und Marken vor
> Domainmissbrauch zu schützen.
> http://www.channelpartner.de/knowledgecenter/security/263772/index.html
> 
> 37. Ist der Provider sicher? [DPA]
> Auf eine besonders tückische Sicherheitslücke bei der Internetnutzung
> macht das Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (BSI) in
> Bonn aufmerksam. Die Lücke besteht im sogenannten Domain Name System
> (DNS) und betrifft daher potenziell alle Nutzer.
> http://www.pcwelt.de/start/sicherheit/sicherheitsluecken/news/173581/experten_warnen_vor_sicherheitsluecke/
> http://www.n-tv.de/Erst_Update_dann_Virus_Ist_der_Provider_sicher/310720080914/1002178.html
> 
> 38. Sicherheitslücke: Das Virus kommt per Update
> Auf eine tückische Sicherheitslücke bei der Internetnutzung macht das
> Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (BSI) in Bonn
> aufmerksam. Die Lücke besteht im sogenannten Domain Name System (DNS)
> und betrifft daher potenziell alle Nutzer.
> http://www.volksstimme.de/vsm/magazin/digital/digital_news/?&em_cnt=1118023
> 
> 39. UDRP : la Czech Arbitration Court veut lancer un projet pilote
> La Czech Arbitration Court (CAC), accréditée comme institution de
> règlement depuis le 23 janvier 2008, a saisi l'ICANN d'une requête
> visant à lui permettre d'expérimenter un projet pilote.
> http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1598/udrp-la-czech-arbitration-court-veut-lancer-un-projet-pilote.php
> 
> 40. Express.com : transfert judiciaire d'un nom "hijacké"
> Après avoir perdu le contrôle du nom de domaine express.com dans des
> conditions relativement mystérieuses, une société américaine en
> obtient le transfert devant le juge californien.
> http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1590/express-com-transfert-judiciaire-d-un-nom-hijacke.php
> 
> 41. Perfectionnement du DRS de Nominet
> L'institution de règlement des litiges relatifs au .UK a procédé à un
> ajustement du DRS, faisant de cette procédure un modèle du genre.
> http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1600/perfectionnement-de-la-drs-nominet.php
> 
> 42. Internet: i domini del registro italiano sono milione e mezzo
> I domini internet del registro italiano (.it) hanno superato il
> milione e mezzo con un picco massimo diregistrazioni nel maggio
> scorso. Si rafforza così la posizione della rete "made in Italy", che
> conquista così ilquinto posto in Europa ed ilsettimo nel mondo.
> http://www.nove.firenze.it/vediarticolo.asp?id=a8.07.30.13.56
> 
> 43. Argentina: Nombres de dominio internacionalizados. Resolución
> 616/2008.
> Resolución 616/2008 - REGISTRACION DE NOMBRES DE DOMINIO EN INTERNET.
> Incorpóranse caracteres multilingües pertenecientes al idioma español
> y portugués, para la registración de nombres de dominio de Nivel
> Superior Argentina (.AR).
> http://www.leandrotoscano.com/2008/07/argentina-nombres-de-dominio.html
> 
> 44. Aprueban los caracteres en español para dominios web
> El Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores aprobó los signos en castellano
> y portugués en la registración de los nombres de dominio de internet
> de la Argentina.
> http://www.derf.com.ar/despachos.asp?cod_des=213889&ID_Seccion=21
> 
> 45. Encuentro LACNIC-CARIBE, se realizó en Curazao, 21-22 de Julio/2008
> Más de 70 participantes provenientes de más de 15 países de la región
> de América Latina y el Caribe se reunieron los 21 y 22 de Julio en
> Curazao (Antillas Neerlandesas) en el encuentro LACNIC-CARIBE. El
> encuentro fue seguido por el 4to Foro de Gobernanza de Internet en el
> Caribe organizado por la Unión de Telecomunicaciones del Caribe (CTU)
> y contó con el apoyo de la Oficina de Telecomunicaciones y Correo
> (Bureau of Telecommunication and Post) de Curazao.
> http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1669
> 
> 46. Incorporan caracteres multilingües a dominios de internet
> El Ministerio de  Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio Internacional y
> Culto incorporó  los caracteres multilingües de los idiomas español y
> portugués en  la registración de los nombres de dominio de internet de
>  Argentina, según publica hoy el Boletín Oficial.
> http://www.lacapital.com.ar/contenidos/2008/07/31/noticia_0018.html
> http://www.territoriodigital.com/nota.aspx?c=2778576382109578
> http://ar.news.yahoo.com/s/31072008/40/n-argentina-incorporan-caracteres-multiling-dominios-internet.html
> 
> 47. Story in Vietnamese on DNS
> http://vn.news.yahoo.com/vne/20080730/ttc-p-a-viet-nam-a-khac-phuc-uoc-60-webs-23a85a1.html
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