Check out http://auda.org.au/domain-news/dn-news for the latest domain news. By close of business Melbourne time on 10 March, a more recent edition of the news should be posted to the auDA web site. The domain name news is supported by auDA. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Annan to establish international forum on internet governance http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=17681&Cr=internet&Cr1= Registrar Firms Oppose ICANN-VeriSign Agreement http://informationweek.com/internet/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=V3J4HWPXO2NEQQSNDBECKICCJUMEKJVN?articleID=181500549&subSection= Chinese walls: China threatens to fracture the internet http://economist.com/business/displayStory.cfm?story_id=5582257 ICANN disputes China domain report http://infoworld.com/article/06/03/01/76004_030106HNicannchina_1.html ICANN board approves settlement, price hikes http://news.com.com/2100-1030_3-6044587.html A Day Which Will Live in Infamy: ICANN Board Approves VeriSign Settlement By George Kirikos http://www.circleid.com/posts/icann_board_approves_verisign_settlement/ eu: More than 3,000 .eu domain names already in use http://www.eurid.eu/en/general/news/more-than-3-000-eu-domain-names-already-in-use ********************* WSIS & GOVERNANCE ********************* Annan to establish international forum on internet governance Following up on an agreement reached on the contentious topic of internet governance at the November WSIS in Tunis, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has decided to start creating a forum for a more inclusive dialogue on internet policy. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=17681&Cr=internet&Cr1= The "Golden Book": commitments made during the Tunis Phase of WSIS The Golden Book ? a record of work undertaken to implement the goals of the World Summit on the Information Society and build the future Information Society ? was launched on 24 February 2006 during the Consultation Meeting of WSIS Action Lines Facilitators/Moderators, convened by ITU, UNESCO and UNDP in Geneva. http://www.itu.int/newsroom/press_releases/2006/NP02.html **************** DOMAIN NAMES **************** Registrar Firms Oppose ICANN-VeriSign Agreement Domain registrars are seeking to derail the new agreement between VeriSign and ICANN before the U.S. Department of Commerce approves the deal. Opposition is already mounting in Congress. http://informationweek.com/internet/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=V3J4HWPXO2NEQQSNDBECKICCJUMEKJVN?articleID=181500549&subSection= http://webhosting.info/news/1/go-daddy-opposes-icann---verisign-agreement_0302061197.htm http://cheaphostingdirectory.com/news-go-daddy-is-outraged-by-icann-and-verisign-com-pact-1849.html What Could You Do With Your Own Root Server? - CaveBear Blog by Karl Auerbach And I mean by this, suppose you had one of the [A-M].root-servers.org addresses? What could you do? - Probably a lot more than you think. You could make a lot of people angry; you could make a smaller number people very angry; and you could really hose a number of selected targets. Please read this note with a bit of humor - it is not intended to be a deep study, perfect in all details. Rather, it is merely the result of a bit of conjecture about what might be possible. http://cavebear.com/cbblog-archives/000232.html Chinese walls: China threatens to fracture the internet THE internet is supposed to be strong enough to survive a nuclear war, but nothing can protect it from politics. Since its inception, its technical underpinning?the handling of addresses such as .com or .org?has been based on an informal consensus among (mainly American) engineers. Yet as governments have come to appreciate the importance of the internet, those delicate agreements are starting to unravel. http://economist.com/business/displayStory.cfm?story_id=5582257 ICANN disputes China domain report A report on an official Chinese news site that China's government has established its own Internet top-level domain names is not true, says ICANN. http://infoworld.com/article/06/03/01/76004_030106HNicannchina_1.html http://www.cio.com/blog_view.html?CID=18305 http://www.cio.com/blog_view.html?CID=18289 http://news.com.com/2061-10796_3-6045396.html http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,124922,00.asp http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/UNID/CC837A7E72BF55FFCC257125000EF58A http://www.commentwire.com/article_news.asp?guid=5ED9C6E7-B128-4CEC-BFD9-A86456D858BB China denies creating its own TLDs China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) as the registry of .CN ccTLD has issued a statement on recent report that China had created its own Top Level Domains, and might be planning to break away from ICANN and the DNS. http://english.people.com.cn/200603/03/eng20060303_247684.html http://english.eastday.com/eastday/englishedition/business/userobject1ai1890762.html Chinese control of domain names It is rumored that China has recently created its own top-level domain root servers for .cn, .com and .net extensions, ostensibly in order to avoid having to "surf the Web via the servers under the management of ICANN of the U.S." I somehow doubt that is the real reason. China is not known for its respect for a free press, and it occurs to me that "American control" is a useful fig leaf to hide an attempt to grab even more control over where a link takes you. http://blogs.zdnet.com/carroll/index.php?p=1546 New .cn Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy Makes Recovery More Difficult (reg req'd) On 14 February 2006, China Internet Network Information Centre ("CNNIC") published a new dispute resolution policy ("2006 Policy") for .cn domain names, which will come into force on 17 March 2006. The purpose of the amendments to the current .cn dispute resolution policy is to balance the benefits of trade mark owners with those of domain name registrants http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=37902&email_access=on Board Statements Regarding VeriSign Settlement Agreements http://icann.org/topics/vrsn-settlement/board-statements-02mar06.html ICANN board approves settlement, price hikes In a rare show of internal discord, the group that sets domain name regulation has approved a controversial proposal extending VeriSign's lucrative .com monopoly and allowing for price increases for those domains. http://news.com.com/2100-1030_3-6044587.html http://www.infomaticsonline.co.uk/vnunet/news/2151227/icann-gives-thumbs-verisign http://www.out-law.com/page-6693 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/01/dotcom_contract_approved/ http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1932708,00.asp http://www.cw360asp.com/Articles/2006/03/02/214539/IcannhandsovercomdomaintoVeriSign.htm A Day Which Will Live in Infamy: ICANN Board Approves VeriSign Settlement By George Kirikos ICANN's Board voted to accept the latest settlement proposal by a vote of 9 to 5: "Today, ICANN's Board of Directors approved, by a majority vote, a set of agreements settling a long time dispute between ICANN and VeriSign, the registry operator for the .COM registry. These settlement documents include a new registry agreement relating to the operation of the .COM registry. http://www.circleid.com/posts/icann_board_approves_verisign_settlement/ ICANN, At the Crossroads, Gets Run Over by Verisign - a podcast by Bret Fausett Did you see that the ICANN Board approved the proposed Verisign settlement and .COM renewal? Of course, you did. Did you know that this means billions of dollars of revenue for Verisign? Of course, you did. Did you know I would spend 13 minutes and 20 seconds talking about it all today? Yup, you probably knew that too. On today's show, ICANN, at the Crossroads, gets run over by Verisign. http://blog.lextext.com/blog/_archives/2006/3/1/1789917.html VeriSign Statement on ICANN Board Approval of Settlement (news release) VeriSign announced it is pleased at the ICANN Board?s approval and looks forward to working with the Department of Commerce towards final approval of the new .com registry agreement. http://www.verisign.com/press_releases/pr/page_037109.html RIPE NCC to Review Secondary DNS Service to TLDs Since its inception in 1992 the RIPE NCC has provided free of charge secondary DNS name service to any TLD that requests it. The membership of the RIPE NCC provides funding for this service because the stability of the DNS is important for everyone using the Internet. http://ripe.net/news/review-secondary-dns.html CNNIC: China's IPv6 Application Still Lags Behind Of Developed Countries The China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) has disclosed that China has had only 27 registered IPv6 addresses, which is far less than those of developed countries like Germany, Japan and South Korea. http://chinatechnews.com/index.php?action=show&type=news&id=3629 eu: More than 3 000 .eu domain names already in use More that 3 000 .eu domain names have already passed the validation procedure and been activated, many of them are already used for web sites and email. http://www.eurid.eu/en/general/news/more-than-3-000-eu-domain-names-already-in-use eu: EURid receives 300,000 applications for unique domain names (sub req'd) http://www.telecom.paper.nl/news/article.aspx?id=119624&nr= fi: Private persons apply for 2,000 fi-domain names (sub req'd) http://www.telecom.paper.nl/news/article.aspx?id=119517&nr= us: Local flower shop files suit over domain name A Sudbury-based marketing and flowers sales business filed a complaint and federal court lawsuit last week against a Michigan flower grower and distributor it claims infringes on its name, marketing and sales of flowers nationally. http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=123540 Big push for Chinese net domains China is ramping up creation of a parallel system of net domains to tempt more Chinese people to go online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4767972.stm http://www.silicon.com/0,39024729,39156904,00.htm http://infoworld.com/article/06/03/02/76024_HNchinasplitnet_1.html http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7002635576 China sets up system for Internet domains The Internet authorities in China have set up a new family of Chinese-language alternatives to .com and other popular Internet address domains. It is a move that bypasses the U.S.-sponsored organization that controls address information for the global Internet, and some analysts fear that it could enhance China's ability to censor its citizens' access to the Internet. http://iht.com/articles/2006/03/01/business/chinet.php Wine Domain Name Sales Are Hot Again With state wine shipping laws relaxing, wine retailers are excitedly returning to the internet in steadily increasing numbers, looking forward to unobstructed access to wine consumers nationwide. Along with this new found excitement is the unintended effect of wine related domain names being purchased at an accelerated pace and at ever increasing prices. http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/3/prweb352950.htm +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sources include Quicklinks <http://qlinks.net/> and BNA Internet Law News <http://www.bna.com/ilaw/>. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ (c) David Goldstein 2006 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!? Yahoo! Music: Vote 'Who's Next' and see your favourite band live http://au.music.yahoo.com/artists/whos-next/Received on Thu Mar 09 2006 - 14:09:03 UTC
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