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 *************************************************** auDA reviews Community Geographic Domain Names policy http://www.auda.org.au/news-archive/auda-05112010/ Europe Plays War Games... Online http://blogs.wsj.com/brussels/2010/11/05/europe-plays-war-games-online/ First EU Cyber Security Exercise 'Cyber Europe 2010? with >320 ?incidents? successfully concluded http://www.enisa.europa.eu/media/press-releases/cyber-europe-20102019-cyber-security-exercise-with-320-2018incidents2019-successfully-concluded IPv6 Activity Increases as IPv4 Exhaustion Reaches [news release] http://www.apnic.net/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/25551/IANA-5-FINALv2.pdf The 20 Biggest All-Cash Domain Sales Ever Reported by DNJournal.com http://dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20101105.htm Explosive Year-Over-Year Growth of Fixed Price Sales Attracts Newcomers http://www.sedo.com/presse/presse.php?tracked=&partnerid=&language=e&id=344 ********************** DOMAIN NAMES ********************** ********************** - ccTLD & gTLD NEWS ********************** auDA reviews Community Geographic Domain Names policy auDA is reviewing the Policy Rules and Guidelines for Community Geographic Domain Names (CGDNs) (2008-04). http://www.auda.org.au/news-archive/auda-05112010/ Red Tape Set to Snuff Out Online Identity of Wales Wales, a small Celtic country that has proudly withstood the depredations of Anglo-Saxons, Normans, and tourists, which has given the world everything from an enduring mythology to the world?s longest single-world domain name, has been informed that they will not be allowed to proceed with .CYM (short for the Welsh name for Wales, Cymru) because that three-letter code is already claimed by the Cayman Islands. http://www.mindsandmachines.com/2010/11/red-tape-set-to-snuff-out-online-identity-of-wales/ DENIC eG, eco and BSI Start Initiative to Extend Security in the Domain Name System Already when entering an Internet address in a web browser, Internet users run the risk of being redirected to a fraudulent site. Improved security tools in the Domain Name System (DNS) are intended to close these security holes, which have publicized by the Kaminsky report and thus make manipulation more difficult. http://www.denic.de/en/denic-in-dialogue/press-releases/press/2318 IEDR registers 150,000th domain ? launches ?Why.ie? The IE Domain Registry has revealed the number of .ie domain names has surpassed the 150,000 mark. Speaking with Siliconrepublic, IEDR CEO David Curtin said 98pc of domains are now registered by resellers and with the growth of smartphones and e-commerce, he predicts massive growth in domain registration. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/comms/item/18734-iedr-registers-150-000th/ Irish web domains reach 150,000 mark Irish web domains ending .ie have passed the 150,000 mark according to the IE Domain Registry. http://www.insideireland.ie/index.cfm/section/news/ext/iewebdomain001/category/1095 Irish domain names now number 150,000 The number of dot ie domain names in Ireland has passed the 150,000 mark. http://www.examiner.ie/breakingnews/business/irish-domain-names-now-number-150000-480555.html .IS amongst the most secure top level domains in the world A recent report published by McAfee, "Mapping the Mal Web" 2009, states that .is is amongst the most secure domains in the world. There is only a 0,3% chance of a malicious .is domain involving viruses or other forms online threats. http://www.isnic.is/news/index.php Results of transfer procedure evaluation survey of .nl registrants In September, SIDN conducted a survey of .nl registrants to find out what they thought of the new transfer procedure for domain names. For the survey, we approached ten thousand registrants who had transferred a domain name since the new transfer procedure?s introduction on 17 March 2010. More than 1,800 of the people we contacted completed the questionnaire. The results of the survey are described below. https://www.sidn.nl/en/news/news/article/results-of-transfer-procedure-evaluation-survey-of-nl-registrants/ se: PTS reply regarding One.com:s petition of examination The Swedish Post and Telecom Agency (PTS) sent an answer at the 2nd of November to One.com regarding One.com?s petition of examination of .SE. PTS closes the matter. http://www.iis.se/en/pressmeddelanden/pts-svar-ang-ones-begaran-om-tillsyn-101102 Kosovo struggles to gain international recognition online Even though Facebook has finally located Pristina in Kosovo, the newfound country still lacks a telephone country code and its own top-level domain name, and that may take some time to rectify. http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,6196330,00.html .uk domain registrations rise despite economic uncertainty Nominet's annual Domain name industry report reveals record numbers of registrations and highest ever level of consumer preference for .uk over .com sites. http://www.nominet.org.uk/news/releases/?contentId=7999 Nominet launches educational site for web users Nominet has launched an educational website to help people stay safe online and drive business. The not-for-profit organisation responsible for the .uk domain names said the Knowthenet.org.uk site will provide ?practical? advice, information and video content for consumers and business users. http://www.computeractive.co.uk/computeractive/news/2272810/nominet-launches-educational ********************** - DNS SECURITY ********************** New Insights report on DNSSEC now available 87% of the world?s top-level domains (TLDs) have yet to deploy the Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) protocol, according to a new .eu Insights report published today by EURid, the registry for the .eu TLD. http://www.eurid.eu/en/content/dnssec-global-uptake-slow-reports-eu-registry Europe Plays War Games... Online Don?t panic: Digital security experts across Europe ?successfully? countered online attacks designed to paralyze services and create a total network failure. Or at least they did a good job of pretending to ?- as part of yesterday?s first-ever pan-European cyber attack simulation exercise. http://blogs.wsj.com/brussels/2010/11/05/europe-plays-war-games-online/ First EU Cyber Security Exercise 'Cyber Europe 2010? with >320 ?incidents? successfully concluded The first ever, pan-European cyber security exercise ?Cyber Europe 2010? ended successfully yesterday. More than 150 experts from 70 public bodies around Europe participated in the exercise. They were exposed to more than 320 incidents, or ?injects?. The exercise was a first, key step for strengthening Europe?s cyber defense. The key challenge now is for the Member States to implement the identified ?lessons-learnt? during the exercise. The Agency also advocates that all Member States in Europe should consider conducting national exercises as to improve its Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (CIIP). http://www.enisa.europa.eu/media/press-releases/cyber-europe-20102019-cyber-security-exercise-with-320-2018incidents2019-successfully-concluded CYBER EUROPE 2010 Exercise has started On 4th November, the first ever, pan European cyber security exercise 'CYBER EUROPE 2010' occurred. See the Commission Press release on this, giving the full political framework. http://www.enisa.europa.eu/media/news-items/cyber-europe-2010-exercise-live Australian cyber crime investigation skills lacking says Swinburne professor A high number of Australian cyber crime incidents are not investigated due to a lack of eForensic skills and expertise, Swinburne University ICT dean, professor Leon Sterling, has claimed. http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/367053/australian_cyber_crime_investigation_skills_lacking_says_swinburne_professor/ Safe Internet ? ?SECURE 2010? Conference Human error or sometimes sheer curiosity allow malware into our computers. It is often the case that we lose not only the hard drive resources, but money as well - says Lance Spitzner, world expert in Internet security, whose speech opened the 14th SECURE Conference devoted to network security, an event traditionally organized by NASK and one of its divisions -CERT Polska. http://www.nask.pl/newsID/id/690 TRA Organizes ?Cyber Crime? Workshop With ADJD The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), represented by the National Computer Emergency Response Team (aeCERT), a TRA initiative, organized a workshop on cyber crime in collaboration with Abu Dhabi Judicial Department to discuss types http://tra.gov.ae/news_TRA_Organizes_%93Cyber_Crime%94_Workshop_With_ADJD-219-1.php Cisco CSO John Stewart on Fending Off Cyber Attacks Cisco Systems, like nearly every large company, must continually fend off cyber attacks. Cisco Chief Security Officer John N. Stewart recently spoke to me about threats such as the computer worm Stuxnet and what it?s like to protect a corporate network from incessant attacks. http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2010/10/cisco_cso_john_stewart_on_fending_off_cyber_attacks.html ********************** - IPv4/IPv6 ********************** IPv6 pushes IT off the edge IT managers and staff need to be pushed off the edge into the IPv6 pool in order to encourage migration to the new address protocol, Blue Coat senior architect, Qing Li, has warned. http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/367020/ipv6_pushes_it_off_edge/ IPv6 Activity Increases as IPv4 Exhaustion Reaches [news release] The Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) calls for action after the most recent allocation to the fast-growing Asia-Pacific region has reduced the global pool of unallocated IPv4 addresses to below 5% remaining. http://www.apnic.net/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/25551/IANA-5-FINALv2.pdf ARIN grants Comcast IPv4 "mega-allocation" by Brenden Kuerbis If you listen to the buzz, the day of ipv4 exhaustion is nigh and operators need to be migrating en masse to ipv6. The problem with the v6 evangelism is that it doesn't take into account the complex incentives at work in the adoption of ipv6. A recent allocation by ARIN of a /9 block, or approximately 8.4 million addresses, to U.S.-based network operator Comcast highlights this. http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2010/11/2/4670510.html ********************** - MISCELLANEOUS ********************** Netcraft November 2010 Web Server Survey In the November 2010 survey we received responses from 249,461,227 sites. Apache continues to gain market share, with an increase of 1.29 percentage points since last month. This is the result of 12.9M new Apache hostnames, mostly in the United States (8.1M) and the Netherlands (1.6M). As seen in previous months, other server vendors lost market share as a result, though all of the major vendors apart from Google actually gained hostnames this month. http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2010/11/05/november-2010-web-server-survey.html CADNA Expands Membership and International Reach The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) welcomes its two newest members, LEGO Juris A/S and H. Lundbeck A/S. The LEGO Group manufactures the perennial childhood classic toy, LEGO? building blocks. Lundbeck is a global pharmaceutical company dedicated to researching and producing preparations against depression, as well as pharmaceuticals to treat central nervous system disorders, including Alzheimer?s disease and Parkinson?s disease. http://www.cadna.org/en/newsroom/press-release/cadna-expands-membership-and-international-reach ********************** - DOMAINING & AFTERMARKET ********************** The 20 Biggest All-Cash Domain Sales Ever Reported by DNJournal.com Last week when the news broke that Sex.com would be sold for $13 million in a bankruptcy court auction (payment and transfer of the domain have not yet been completed) a number of mainstream media outlets, including ABC News, AOL's DailyFinance.com and The Economist, contacted me to ask where that sale would rank among the biggest domain sales ever reported. http://dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20101105.htm Explosive Year-Over-Year Growth of Fixed Price Sales Attracts Newcomers Sedo, the leading online domain marketplace and monetization provider, today announced the results of its Q3 2010 Domain Market Study which reveals domain industry trends and changes based on transactions in its marketplace. Transaction volume held strong with 10,085 sales during the quarter, a 1.58 percent increase from the same period a year earlier, and accounted for more than $24.5 million in sales. ?The domain marketplace is in a solid state, which is a tremendous market-wide achievement in an uncertain economy? http://www.sedo.com/presse/presse.php?tracked=&partnerid=&language=e&id=344 Year's 6th Seven-Figure Sale Takes Top Spot on This Week's Domain Sales Chart The domain aftermarket rang up another seven-figure sale this week as Moniker/SnapNames closed a $1,058,830 transaction for Zip.com after auctioning the name off at the DOMAINfest Europe conference earlier this month in Prague. That ranks as the 5th highest sale reported so far in 2010 and is the year's 6th sale to crack the million dollar mark. http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2010/20101103.htm Parking Statistics Cleanup An Important Update from Sedo At Sedo, we're dedicated to offering only the highest quality products and services to help you make the most of your domain portfolio. In a continued effort to do so, we've made some important changes to Sedo's parking program and are conducting a parking statistics "cleanup." https://sedo.com/links/showlinks.php3?tracked=&partnerid=&language=us&Id=2728 ********************** INTERNET USE ********************** Google block on Facebook heats up war Google has blocked Facebook from ?scraping? some types of data from its servers, setting off a telling skirmish in the broader war between the two internet powers that many observers believe will shape the next phase of the web. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/39431784-e913-11df-a1b4-00144feab49a.html Google bars data from Facebook as rivalry heats up Google Inc will begin blocking Facebook and other Web services from accessing its users' information, highlighting an intensifying rivalry between the two Internet giants. http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-52707220101105 ********************** SOCIAL NETWORKING ********************** The Queen joins Facebook social networking site - but you won't be able to friend her The Queen is to embrace the world of "social networking" by joining Facebook. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/theroyalfamily/8114507/The-Queen-joins-Facebook-social-networking-site-but-you-wont-be-able-to-friend-her.html ************************************************ CHILD PROTECTION, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION ************************************************ Key children?s sites adopt ClickCEOP button as UK?s Centre for child protection receives over 6,000 reports in a year [news release] The Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre has received 6,291 reports in the last reporting year, an increase of 880 on the previous year. http://www.ceop.police.uk/Media-Centre/Press-releases/2010/Key-childrens-sites-adopt-ClickCEOP-button-as-UKs-Centre-for-child-protection-receives-over-6000-reports-in-a-year/ nz: Cyber safety organisaton advoctes text-blocking Cyber safety organisation Netsafe hopes other telecommunication companies will follow Vodafone's lead in introducing a new text-blocking service. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/61347/cyber-safety-organisaton-advoctes-text-blocking Is it finally time to censor the web ? The Australian PM is under fire for planning a crackdown on internet porn. But is she right? If you know where to look, the internet can be a pretty repulsive place. From gross-out amateur movies such as the infamous Two Girls, One Cup -- please, please don't ask us to explain -- to fetish websites where you can watch people having carnal relations with the sort of industrial machinery you'd normally need a safety certificate and hard hat to even switch on, there's a bottomless well of depravity out there. http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/is-it-finally-time-to-censor-the-web-2409842.html ********************** MOBILE/WIRELESS ********************** Bomb threat may end in-flight Wi-fi The long-awaited advent of Wi-Fi and mobile phone usage on planes may be scuttled before it begins after last week's bomb scares. http://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/4314134/Bomb-threat-may-end-in-flight-Wi-fi ************************** ONLINE CRIME, SECURITY & LEGAL ************************** Europe Plays War Games... Online Don?t panic: Digital security experts across Europe ?successfully? countered online attacks designed to paralyze services and create a total network failure. Or at least they did a good job of pretending to ?- as part of yesterday?s first-ever pan-European cyber attack simulation exercise. http://blogs.wsj.com/brussels/2010/11/05/europe-plays-war-games-online/ First EU Cyber Security Exercise 'Cyber Europe 2010? with >320 ?incidents? successfully concluded The first ever, pan-European cyber security exercise ?Cyber Europe 2010? ended successfully yesterday. More than 150 experts from 70 public bodies around Europe participated in the exercise. They were exposed to more than 320 incidents, or ?injects?. The exercise was a first, key step for strengthening Europe?s cyber defense. The key challenge now is for the Member States to implement the identified ?lessons-learnt? during the exercise. The Agency also advocates that all Member States in Europe should consider conducting national exercises as to improve its Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (CIIP). http://www.enisa.europa.eu/media/press-releases/cyber-europe-20102019-cyber-security-exercise-with-320-2018incidents2019-successfully-concluded CYBER EUROPE 2010 Exercise has started On 4th November, the first ever, pan European cyber security exercise 'CYBER EUROPE 2010' occurred. See the Commission Press release on this, giving the full political framework. http://www.enisa.europa.eu/media/news-items/cyber-europe-2010-exercise-live Australian cyber crime investigation skills lacking says Swinburne professor A high number of Australian cyber crime incidents are not investigated due to a lack of eForensic skills and expertise, Swinburne University ICT dean, professor Leon Sterling, has claimed. http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/367053/australian_cyber_crime_investigation_skills_lacking_says_swinburne_professor/ Safe Internet ? ?SECURE 2010? Conference Human error or sometimes sheer curiosity allow malware into our computers. It is often the case that we lose not only the hard drive resources, but money as well - says Lance Spitzner, world expert in Internet security, whose speech opened the 14th SECURE Conference devoted to network security, an event traditionally organized by NASK and one of its divisions -CERT Polska. http://www.nask.pl/newsID/id/690 Islamist website urges users to target MPs Scotland Yard's counter-terrorist unit was last night investigating an Islamist website that appears to incite its users to attack MPs who voted for the Iraq war. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/nov/05/islamist-website-mps-timms-iraq Roshonara Choudhry: I wanted to die ? I wanted to be a martyr Exclusive: Transcripts obtained by the Guardian of police interviews with Roshonara Choudhry, jailed for trying to kill Labour MP Stephen Timms, reveal extremist cleric's influence http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/nov/04/stephen-timms-attack-roshonara-choudhry Roshonara Choudhry: Police interview extracts Conducted on 14 May 2010, about four hours after her arrest for stabbing Stephen Timms, in Forest Gate police station http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/nov/03/roshonara-choudhry-police-interview Britain urges action over extremist U.S. website "Jihadist content" on a U.S.-based website calling for action against MPs who backed the Iraq War has been removed after Britain contacted U.S. authorities, police said on Friday. http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE6A420O20101105 Chasing Pirates: Inside Microsoft?s War Room As the sun rose over the mountains circling Los Reyes, a town in the Mexican state of Michoac?n, one morning in March 2009, a caravan of more than 300 heavily armed law enforcement agents set out on a raid. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/07/technology/07piracy.html nz: Police try to take down 'scam' e-commerce site [Dominion Post] Police are working to take down the website of a Greymouth-based online electronics and outdoor equipment store believed to have left customers thousands of dollars out of pocket. http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/4317900/Police-try-to-take-down-scam-e-commerce-site http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/4317900/Police-try-to-take-down-scam-e-commerce-site ************************** PRIVACY ************************** Facebook Pledges Steps on User Data Facebook Inc. told lawmakers it had taken steps to prevent the sharing of personal information about users, including temporarily suspending certain applications from its site. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703778304575591032547475398.html Britons to gain 'right to be forgotten' The European Commission has given details of a far-reaching strategy to strengthen data protection laws. http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/security/2010/11/05/britons-to-gain-right-to-be-forgotten-40090769/ Cookie monsters: browser beware as Australian political websites plant spy devices Politicians are letting foreign-owned companies covertly gather information about voters. The websites of Barry O'Farrell, Kristina Keneally, Tony Abbott and the Greens plant spying devices on visitors' computers, which can track them as they browse the internet. http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/cookie-monsters-browser-beware-as-political-websites-plant-spy-devices-20101107-17j13.html ********************** CENSORSHIP ********************** Asia-Pacific governments chip away at Internet freedom [AFP] The tentacles of government censors are creeping ever further across the web in the Asia-Pacific region as officials from Thailand to Australia try to control what people say and do online. http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-technology/asiapacific-governments-chip-away-at-internet-freedom-20101105-17hai.html http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/asiapacific-governments-chip-away-at-internet-freedom-20101105-17hai.html ************************** GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY ************************** 'Net pioneers: Open Internet should be separate [IDG] The U.S. Federal Communications Commission should allow for an open Internet separate from specialized services that may prioritize IP traffic, a group of Internet and technology pioneers have recommended. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/110510-net-pioneers-open-internet-should.html http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/209919/.html Europe to get copyright overhaul The European Commission will soon make legislative proposals to reform copyright law, digital agenda commissioner Neelie Kroes said on Friday. http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/intellectual-property/2010/11/05/europe-to-get-copyright-overhaul-40090768/ nz: Uncertainty around file sharing bill continues InternetNZ is concerned a new section of the Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Bill, suggested by the Commerce Select Committee, reverses the usual principle of innocence until guilt has been proved. http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=1D84C9CF-1A64-67EA-E4A3538A97BDC5BA http://www.cio.de/news/cio_worldnews/2253634/index2.html ********************** TELECOMMUNICATIONS ********************** Security Fears Kill Chinese Bid in U.S. Sprint Nextel Corp. is excluding Chinese telecommunications-equipment makers Huawei Technologies Ltd. and ZTE Corp. from a contract worth billions of dollars largely because of national security concerns in Washington, according to people familiar with the matter. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704353504575596611547810220.html ********************************** ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR ONLINE CHILD PROTECTION ********************************** uk: Convicted Marchington child porn vicar quits A vicar convicted of downloading indecent images of children at his vicarage in Staffordshire has resigned. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-11706195 uk: Child porn conviction vicar resigns [Press Association] A married vicar convicted of downloading hundreds of pornographic images of children has resigned from his post, church officials have confirmed. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/feedarticle/9349056 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ (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. 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