Check out http://auda.org.au/domain-news/dn-news for
the latest domain news. By close of business on 30
March Wellington time, a more recent edition of the
news should be posted to the auDA web site. The domain
name news is supported by auDA.

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nz: INTERNATIONAL SPAM DEAL NEEDED, SAYS MINISTER
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&ObjectID=10374655

ICANN MAY DEFER VOTE ON .XXX
http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3616111a11275,00.html

LATEST TURN OF EVENTS ON .XXX, FROM ICANN WELLINGTON
http://www.circleid.com/posts/lastest_turn_of_events_icann_wellington/

DOMAIN NAMES AND FAST NET DISCUSSED
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411419/688663

nz: HACKED: 33 .NZ WEBSITES PER MONTH
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/UNID/7243E0AF730DA0A9CC25713B00003AD1

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ISN'T IT SEMANTIC?
Sir Tim Berners-Lee With the major www2006 conference
just around the corner, BCS managing editor Brian
Runciman interviews the inventor of the Web Sir Tim
Berners-Lee.
 http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.3337

INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM ADVISORY GROUP TO BE
ESTABLISHED
In light of the consultations on the convening of the
IGF, the United Nations Secretary-General will set up
a multi-stakeholder Advisory Group to assist him in
this task. The Group will consist of about forty
members, representing governments, private sector and
civil society and include members of the academic and
technical communities.

http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/newslog/Internet+Governance+Forum+Advisory+Group+To+Be+Established.aspx

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LATEST TURN OF EVENTS ON .XXX, FROM ICANN WELLINGTON
As the ICANN?s week-long meeting in Wellington, New
Zealand is now fully underway, the approval of the
proposed .XXX top-level domain (TLD) continues to
remain a key topic of discussion and its eventual
approval yet uncertain. The .XXX TLD was widely
expected to receive its final approval at the ICANN?s
last meeting held in Vancouver about 4 months earlier
but the discussion was unexpectedly delayed as the
organization and governments requested more time to
review the merits of setting up such a domain.

http://www.circleid.com/posts/lastest_turn_of_events_icann_wellington/

CUNLIFFE: OPENING ICANN MEETING
Hon David Cunliff, Minister of Communications and
Information Technology opening meeting notes from
ICANN in Wellington.
 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0603/S00454.htm
 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0603/S00455.htm
 http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411419/689188

FATHER OF INTERNET GETS CYBERKEY TO WELLINGTON (news
release)
Around 9.30 am, Hon Cunliffe will present Vint Cerf
with a 'cyberkey' to Wellington following opening
speeches.
 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0603/S00063.htm

DOMAIN NAMES AND FAST NET DISCUSSED
A series of low-key meetings are underway in
Wellington, ahead of the offficial opening on Monday
of a conference on the future of internet addresses.
 http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411419/688663

INTERNATIONAL SPAM DEAL NEEDED, SAYS MINISTER
Communications Minister David Cunliffe today called
for an international agreement to fight the huge
number of spam emails.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&ObjectID=10374655

ICANN MAY DEFER VOTE ON .XXX
The chances of a ".xxx" domain for adult websites
being approved at a meeting of Icann in Wellington
this week appear to be waning, after a US government
agency raised fresh concerns about the proposal.
 http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3616111a11275,00.html

CDT URGES LAWMAKERS TO WITHDRAW ".XXX" LEGISLATION
CDT is urging Sens. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Mark
Pryor (D-Ark.) to withdraw a bill that would force
Internet authorities to create a ".xxx" domain for
adult content. In a letter sent this week to the
Senators, who co-sponsored S. 2426, the Cyber Safety
for Kids Act of 2006, CDT warns that the bill will
provide ammunition for those seeking to bring the
Internet under the control of a multi-governmental
bureaucracy. If passed, the bill would also violate
the First Amendment rights of Web site operators and
would do little to protect children from harmful
material online, CDT wrote.
 http://www.cdt.org/speech/20060324cdtletter.pdf

WHY THE ICANN BOARD WOULD LOVE TRANSPARENCY BY BRET
FAUSETT
Last night the members of the GNSO Council and members
of the ICANN Board gathered for a working dinner in
the main conference facility here in Wellington. The
8:00 p.m. dinner came at the end of a very long day,
for everyone, that had begun 12 hours earlier and
proceeded apace through a host of different meetings
without interruption. Nevertheless, as long as these
meetings have become, the GNSO believes that time with
the Board is precious, so we insisted that the Board
set this time aside. Predictably, given jet lag and
the rigors of the day's meeting schedule, Board
members and GNSO Councilors were falling asleep at the
table. The topic for the working dinner was IDN TLDs.
It was certainly nice to hear the preliminary thoughts
of members of the Board on this subject, but I
couldn't help but notice that the time demands on
everyone made the meeting less productive that it
otherwise might have been.

http://blog.lextext.com/blog/_archives/2006/3/26/1841696.html

ICANNWIKI RULES BY BRET FAUSETT
The folks behind the ICANNWiki have put together a
Wiki version of the Wellington Meeting Schedule, with
a linked space to allow anyone to take notes during
the meetings.

http://blog.lextext.com/blog/_archives/2006/3/25/1841112.html

IDN TLDS: ARE THEY "NEW" TLDS OR EXTENSIONS OF "OLD"
TLDS? BY BRET FAUSETT
That's the policy question. Here's a message that
MuseDoma's Cary Carp sent to the GNSO this morning
detailing the many complex policy issues involved in
both IDNs generally and IDNs at the TLD level.

http://blog.lextext.com/blog/_archives/2006/3/25/1840478.html

WILL WE HAVE IDN VERSIONS OF .COM, .NET, .ORG, ETC.?
BY BRET FAUSETT
I thought the answer to this was "Of course we will."
But then the GNSO started to debate a proposed
principle raised by one of the constituencies which
read: "No [gTLD] applicant should be allowed to
propose a TLD that is either a transliteration (e.g.
using different character sets -- such as Chinese and
English for the same verbal word) of an existing TLD
or a lexical (e.g. same meaning in different
languages) or semantic (e.g. job and employment)
equivalent of an existing TLD."

http://blog.lextext.com/blog/_archives/2006/3/24/1839464.html

HOW DO YOU EVALUATE A NEW GTLD APPLICATION? BY BRET
FAUSETT
That's the question of the moment in the GNSO Council
meeting. The question we're particularly stuck on is
whether ICANN should require applicants to demonstrate
a viable business plan in support of their proposal.
On the surface, the idea that an applicant should have
funding and strategy sufficient to get it off the
ground makes sense.

http://blog.lextext.com/blog/_archives/2006/3/24/1839417.html

LOSS OF TRANSPARENCY BY BRET FAUSETT
The loss of openness and transparency in ICANN has
been a death by a thousand cuts. Everytime someone
asks to speak off the record or close a committee
meeting, we all lose an important part of the
organization.

http://blog.lextext.com/blog/_archives/2006/3/24/1839249.html

ICANN OPENS 25TH INTERNATIONAL MEETING IN WELLINGTON,
NEW ZEALAND
ICANN's 25th International meeting officially opens in
Wellington, New Zealand. The meeting, which runs from
March 25-31, sees stakeholders from the technical
community, business and government and civil society,
participate in over 30 meetings and workshops,
covering some of the most important issues relating to
the ongoing stability, scrutiny and growth of the
Internet. These meetings constitute an essential part
of ICANN's global consensus-development and outreach
efforts.

http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-27mar06.htm

IDN INFORMATIONAL SESSION IN WELLINGTON
With Cary Karp (MuseDoma), Pat Kane (VeriSign) and
Tina Dam (ICANN)

http://www.icann.org/presentations/idn-update-wellington-26mar06.pdf

NZ: HACKED: 33 .NZ WEBSITES PER MONTH
On average 33 .nz websites are hacked every month,
says Ken Low, senior security manager of 3Com Asia
Pacific, secure networks vendor.

http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/UNID/7243E0AF730DA0A9CC25713B00003AD1
 http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3616112a28,00.html

EU: DOMAIN NAMES LEFT OVER FROM SUNRISE MADE AVAILABLE
SOME TIME AFTER LANDRUSH LAUNCH (news release)
Domain names applied for during Sunrise for which
applications have expired or been rejected will only
be made available for general registration some time
after Landrush has started.

http://www.eurid.eu/en/general/news/domain-names-left-over-from-sunrise-made-available-some-time-after-landrush-launch

AU: AUDA ESTABLISHES .AU COMMUNITY DOMAINS TRUST
auDA has established .au Community Domains Pty Ltd
(auCD), a not-for-profit company to act as trustee of
the .au Community Domains Trust.
 http://auda.org.au/news-archive/auda-20032006/

MY: LOCAL REGISTRY SERVICE PROVIDER TO OPERATE CONGO'S
CCTLD
Qinetics Solutions Bhd has been appointed the Registry
Service outsourcing provider by the Democractic
Republic of Congo.

http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2006/3/24/technology/13769434&sec=technology

CA: OPEN LETTER TO ICANN FROM THE CANADIAN INTERNET
REGISTRATION AUTHORITY
CIRA is a respected and influential player in global
Internet governance. This has been especially true
when it comes to ICANN, where CIRA's involvement has
included: participating actively in events leading to
the creation of ICANN; helping create the Country Code
Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO); chairing the
ccNSO working group on IANA; voluntarily contributing
funds to ICANN; hosting the ICANN Montreal meeting;
supporting the ICANN Vancouver meeting in many ways
including being its main sponsor; and generally
promoting the value and benefits of ICANN to the world
community.
 http://cira.ca/news-releases/171.html

DNS SERVERS DO HACKERS' DIRTY WORK
In a twist on distributed denial-of-service attacks,
cybercriminals are using DNS servers -- the phonebooks
of the Internet -- to amplify their assaults and
disrupt online business.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/DNS_servers_do_hackers_dirty_work/0,2000061744,39248309,00.htm

DOMAIN ROUNDTABLE CONFERENCE WELCOMES SPECIAL GUEST
KEYNOTE PRESIDENT/CEO OF ICANN, PAUL TWOMEY(news
release)
The Domain Roundtable Conference happening April 2006
in Washington continues to add to their impressive
bill of speakers and sponsors. This week, they
announced the long-awaited Special Guest Keynote, Dr.
Paul Twomey, CEO and President of ICANN.
 http://domainroundtable.com/press/Cerf.pdf

http://www.circleid.com/posts/domain_roundtable_keynote_president_ceo_icann/

AU: AUDA SEEKS COMMENT ON 'MONETISATION' OF .AU
DOMAINS
The Australian domain name regulator, au Domain
Administration (auDA), has released an issues paper
seeking comment on whether it should issue .au domain
names to organisations whose sole aim is to raise
advertising revenue from people accessing those
domains, and not to provide any meaningful content.

http://www.webhostdir.com/news/articles/shownews.asp?id=15136

http://www.optusnet.com.au/news/story/zdnet/20060324/09/tech/0,2000061791,39247511,00.inp

http://domaintimes.net/newseng.php?mhnews_id=306&mhnews_newsid=7934&mhnews_page=1


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Sources include Quicklinks <http://qlinks.net/> and
BNA Internet Law News <http://www.bna.com/ilaw/>.

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