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 asks Demand Media for answers after report [IDG] http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/082010-icann-asks-demand-media-for.html au/nz: Security, Openness, Accessibility and Diversity key to Internet Best Practice Awards http://internetnz.net.nz/news/media-releases/2010/security-openness-accessibility-and-diversity-key-internet-best-practice-aw 4m .NL Domains Means One Domain Registered for Every 4 Dutch People http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=12139 Russian domain crackdown halves phishing attacks http://domainincite.com/russian-domain-crackdown-halves-phishing-attacks/ Why ENUM is so important by Jay Daley, Chief Executive of .nz Registry Services. http://internetnz.net.nz/news/blog/2010/why-enum-so-important au: Naming your business: the naked truth http://www.businessday.com.au/small-business/smallbiz-marketing/naming-your--business-the-naked-truth-20100823-13dnq.html http://www.watoday.com.au/small-business/smallbiz-marketing/naming-your--business-the-naked-truth-20100823-13dnq.html http://www.smh.com.au/small-business/smallbiz-marketing/naming-your--business-the-naked-truth-20100823-13dnq.html http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/small-business/smallbiz-marketing/naming-your--business-the-naked-truth-20100823-13dnq.html http://www.theage.com.au/small-business/smallbiz-marketing/naming-your--business-the-naked-truth-20100823-13dnq.html ********************** DOMAIN NAMES ********************** ********************** - ICANN ********************** Call for Statements of Interests for Candidates for Post of ICANN Board Seat Extended to September 6, 2010 The Call for Statements of Interest (SOIs) for Candidates for the Post of ICANN Board Seat has been extended to September 6. http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-20aug10-en.htm ccIDNs: So Many Choices, So Little Time by Elisa Cooper As a result of ICANN's IDN ccTLD Fast Track process, which was launched in November of last year, a number of new ccIDNs (Country Code Internationalized Domain Names) have been successfully added to the root including: China (.??, .??), Egypt (.???), Hong Kong (.???? ), Russia (.??), Saudi Arabia (.????????), Taiwan (.????, .????) and the UAE (.??????). ... With so many new registration possibilities available, and several Sunrise periods quickly approaching, many corporate domain managers are asking themselves whether new registrations should be added to portfolios which are already bursting at the seams. http://www.circleid.com/posts/20100819_ccidns_so_many_choices_so_little_time/ ICANN asks Demand Media for answers after report [IDG] The group responsible for managing the Internet's domain name system is asking Demand Media's eNom division for answers following complaints from Internet security groups. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/082010-icann-asks-demand-media-for.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/203814/.html http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9181278/ICANN_asks_Demand_Media_for_answers_after_report http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/357833/icann_asks_demand_media_answers_after_report/ http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/357833/icann_asks_demand_media_answers_after_report/ Two registrars get stay of execution ICANN has given two registrars another year of accreditation, after previously threatening to terminate their contracts for non-payment of fees. http://domainincite.com/two-registrars-get-stay-of-execution/ ********************** - ccTLD & gTLD NEWS ********************** au/nz: Security, Openness, Accessibility and Diversity key to Internet Best Practice Awards InternetNZ (Internet New Zealand Inc) and Australian domain name administrator AuDA advise that the deadline is fast approaching for the second Australia and New Zealand Internet Best Practice Awards. http://internetnz.net.nz/news/media-releases/2010/security-openness-accessibility-and-diversity-key-internet-best-practice-aw DNS BE launches DNSSEC in the .be zone Full news release currently only available in French and Dutch. http://www.dns.be/en/home.php?n=450 65% of .eu registrants chose a registrar based in their own country EURid has taken a closer look at the distribution of .eu registrations among its registrars and has found that 65 % of domain name registrants chose a registrar from their own country, 18 % chose a registrar from a different country in the European Union, and 17% chose a registrar located outside the EU. http://www.eurid.eu/en/content/65-eu-registrants-chose-registrar-based-their-own-country Afilias Announces Judging Panel for 2010 .INFO Awards Afilias ... released the roster of judges selected to evaluate submissions to the fourth annual .INFO Awards program. The Awards program, which opened last week, enables any .INFO website owner to submit their site for consideration to receive top honors as the ?Best .INFO Website of 2010? and receive a cash prize of up to $7,500. http://www.afilias.info/news/2010/08/17/afilias-announces-judging-panel-2010-info-awards http://www.info.info/news/2010/08/16/afilias-announces-judging-panel-2010-info-awards 30.000 .IS Domains The number of .IS Domains has now reached 30.000. The ccTLD .IS is one of the "smallest" Top Level Domains in the whole DNS Society, but also one of the most secure ones according to McAfee report. http://www.isnic.is/news/index.php 4m .NL Domains Means One Domain Registered for Every 4 Dutch People As previously reported, the four millionth .NL domain name was registered this week. On reaching the four million mark, SIDN also announced they are the ccTLD with the highest number of registered domain names per person in the respective country with almost one domain name registered for every four of the 16.8 million residents of The Netherlands. http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=12139 http://www.domainpulse.com/2010/08/20/4m-nl-domains-means-one-domain-registered-for-every-4-dutch-people/ http://www.domainnews.com/en/4m-.nl-domains-means-one-domain-registered-for-every-4-dutch-people.html Four-millionth .nl domain name registered On Wednesday 18 August at about noon, SIDN ? the organisation responsible for the .nl internet domain ? registered the domain name tomgoesusa.nl for Tom ter Heerdt from Didam. The registration brought the total number of .nl domain names up to four million. To celebrate reaching this milestone, SIDN is giving Tom an iPad and waiving all registration fees on his new domain name for as long as he keeps it. ... Absolute figures only tell half the story, though: in proportion to its population of 16 million, the Netherlands has the highest local domain name density in the world, with roughly one .nl domain for every four people. https://www.sidn.nl/en/news/news/article/4-miljoenste-nl-domeinnaam-geregistreerd-1/ Total .ORG Domains Reaches 8.5 Million The results are in! According to .ORG?s second bi-annual "The Dashboard" report, the .ORG domain has experienced unparalleled growth during the first half of 2010 in comparison to 2009?s half-year report. Case in point, in the first six months of 2010, the .ORG domain grew by 7.6 percent?more than doubling last year?s first half gain of 3.2 percent. Not to mention that this increase in registrations has brought .ORG?s total domains under management to an astounding 8.5 million. That?s 500,000 more .ORG communities than 6 months ago! http://pir.org/blog/2010/1hdashboard pl: 19 years of Internet in Poland August 17th, 1991 is the symbolic date of birth of Polish Internet. On that day the first connection between University of Warsaw and University of Copenhagen was established using the IP protocol. It is worth mentioning, that the Internet stepped into Poland relatively quick ? soon after its ?civilian? premiere. http://www.poland.pl/news/article,19_years_of_Internet_in_Poland,id,439549.htm rs: RNIDS started publishing news The Serbian National Register of Internet Domain Names is preparing the new issue of RNIDS News. RNIDS News is the internal journal of the Serbian National Register of Internet Domain Names, issued quarterly or as required. http://rnids.rs/en/node/67?lang=en .se strongest brand among top-level domains in Europe The organization that administers the European top-level .eu domain, EURid (European Registry of Internet Domain Names) commissioned a study concerning the top-level domains that received the highest scores in terms of awareness, relevance and preference. Nearly 100 percent of respondents were aware of .se, which makes .se the strongest brand among the top-level domains in Europe. http://www.iis.se/en/pressmeddelanden/se-starkaste-varumarket-bland-toppdomanerna-i-europa uk: Nominet Customer Satisfaction surveys We are committed to providing all of our customers with the highest levels of service and your opinion is important to us. That's why we are launching two customer satisfaction surveys to measure the level of satisfaction with the support services that we offer. These surveys are being carried out on our behalf by an independent market research company called The Leadership Factor. http://www.nominet.org.uk/news/latest/?contentId=7822 ********************** - DNS SECURITY ********************** Russian domain crackdown halves phishing attacks Phishing attacks from .ru domains dropped by almost half in the second quarter, after tighter registration rules were brought in, according to new research. http://domainincite.com/russian-domain-crackdown-halves-phishing-attacks/ Why cybersecurity experts can never rest The Web threat landscape is becoming increasingly dynamic and opportunistic as hackers continue to adapt to new online functionality and trends, according to a report on online security from Zscaler, a security firm that specializes in cloud computing. http://gcn.com/articles/2010/08/20/hackers-adapt-to-changing-security-technologies-and-tactics.aspx Rise in Latvian botnets prompts Spamhaus row Concerns over the rising tide of nuisance and malicious email from Latvia have sparked an acrimonious dispute between anti-spam organisation Spamhaus and the country's top-level domain registry. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/13/spamhaus_latvia/ ********************** - DOMAIN DISPUTES ********************** Undesirable Consequences of Empirical Studies on Cybersquatting by Alex Tajirian Empirical studies on cyber- and typosquatting (for example, Moore and Edelman's "Measuring the Perpetrators and Funds of Typosquatting") may inadvertently encourage bad behavior. People tend to do what most other people are doing, even when the given act is presented to them as something wrong. http://www.circleid.com/posts/undesirable_consequences_of_empirical_studies_on_cybersquatting/ ********************** - MISCELLANEOUS ********************** Why ENUM is so important by Jay Daley, Chief Executive of .nz Registry Services. The best way to explain ENUM is to start by talking about email and remind ourselves how that works. If you are a consumer and you want email then your ISP will generally provide it for you as part of their service. They assign you an email address that ends with their domain name, configure you on their email server and away you go. Not much different from a consumer telephone service, but possibly less functional because you can't port an email address like this to another provider as you can with telephone numbers. http://internetnz.net.nz/news/blog/2010/why-enum-so-important NRO NC Call for Nominations - RIPE NCC Service Region There is a call for nominations from the RIPE NCC service region to fill one vacant seat on the Number Resource Organization (NRO) Number council (NC). The term of Hans Petter Holen, who was elected to the NRO NC in January 2008, ends on 31 December 2010. http://nro.net/news/2010-nro-nc-CallforNominations.html Internet Continues to Grow at Astonishing Pace (Perspectives from RIPE NCC Membership Stats) by Daniel Karrenberg We are at the height of vacation season here in the Netherlands, and the RIPE NCC headquarters in Amsterdam are quieter than usual. The downtime has given me a chance to reflect on how the recent economic downturn has affected our membership growth. The good news is that it hasn't. http://www.circleid.com/posts/20100820_perspectives_from_ripe_ncc_membership_stats_internet_growth/ au: Naming your business: the naked truth What's in a name? Well, when it comes to small business, quite a lot, actually. ... It's also worth taking the time to look online at the domain names that are available. Registration of a business name does not guarantee the availability of the same website address. But if the two are not identical, there are fallback options. http://www.businessday.com.au/small-business/smallbiz-marketing/naming-your--business-the-naked-truth-20100823-13dnq.html http://www.watoday.com.au/small-business/smallbiz-marketing/naming-your--business-the-naked-truth-20100823-13dnq.html http://www.smh.com.au/small-business/smallbiz-marketing/naming-your--business-the-naked-truth-20100823-13dnq.html http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/small-business/smallbiz-marketing/naming-your--business-the-naked-truth-20100823-13dnq.html http://www.theage.com.au/small-business/smallbiz-marketing/naming-your--business-the-naked-truth-20100823-13dnq.html ********************** - DOMAINING & AFTERMARKET ********************** Tshirts.com fetches $1.26 million at auction It didn't cost quite as much as the wallet-emptying $2.6 million that Pizza.com sold for back in 2008, but as of Wednesday evening, the domain Tshirts.com has a new owner. http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-20014138-248.html After a Brief Break Buyers Were Back Out in Force This Week, Giving the Domain Aftermarket a Solid Boost After taking a brief break last week, domain buyers returned to the market in a big way this week, producing one of the summer's most solid outings. Sedo led the charge with a $250,000 sale, however just minutes before publishing this report we received a request from Sedo that we not release the name in question. The company said the transaction was supposed to have been kept private but an internal error resulted in it being put on the list of sales they sent this week. http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2010/20100818.htm Oversee.net to organise domain name auction [IDG] Forget real estate, the stock market or Internet startups, the new way to make fast money is to invest in domain names, argues a domain name brokerage that will auction off a passel of domain names on wednesday in New York. Stocks.com, Rate.com, Quotes.com, Reggae.com, Cable.com, Artist.com, Alcohol.com and voters.com are among the 934 names up on the block at this auction. Oversee.net, through its SnapNames service, will oversee the auction, which it expects to bring in millions of dollars. http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/it-business/3236167/overseenet-to-organise-domain-name-auction/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ (c) David Goldstein 2010 --------- 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 Sun Aug 22 2010 - 19:37:41 UTC
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