[DNS] domain name news - 5 April

[DNS] domain name news - 5 April

From: David Goldstein <david>
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 17:08:49 +1000
Don't forget to check out http://www.auda.org.au/domain-news/ for the archive of the last 3 months of the news.


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Concerns spread as U.N. poises for Internet regulation
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0412/74844.html

ICANN to Reveal Who Applied for Which New Generic TLD
http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-02apr12-en.htm

Cylab at Carnegie Mellon University Selected to Conduct Study of Whois Misuse
http://blog.icann.org/2012/04/cylab-at-carnegie-mellon-university-selected-to-conduct-study-of-whois-misuse-2/

More Number Scarcity
http://blog.icann.org/2012/04/more-number-scarcity/

National Arbitration Forum Rapid Evaluation Service Statistics
http://www.adrforum.com/newsroom.aspx?&itemID=1709&news=3

National Arbitration Forum Says Cases Are Up 18% From 2009 But Down 4% >From 2010
http://www.thedomains.com/2012/04/04/national-arbitration-forum-says-cases-are-up-18-from-2009-but-down-4-from-2010/

The dogs dying for your fake UGG boots
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2059631/The-dogs-dying-fake-UGG-boots.html


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GOVERNANCE
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Concerns spread as U.N. poises for Internet regulation
Faced with the prospect of United Nations regulation of the Internet, the United States has yet to appoint a leader for an upcoming battle with other countries over Web management.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0412/74844.html

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ICANN to Reveal Who Applied for Which New Generic TLD
ICANN has set April 30th as its target date to release the list of applications for new gTLDs, specifying who has applied for which domain names.
http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-02apr12-en.htm

Cylab at Carnegie Mellon University Selected to Conduct Study of Whois Misuse
I am delighted to report that ICANN has engaged the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) of Pittsburgh, PA, USA, CyLab to conduct a set of Whois Misuse Studies. Working under the direction of principal investigator Dr. Nicolas Christin, this highly regarded cybercrime lab expects to spend approximately one year analyzing the extent, nature, and impact of harmful actions taken using Whois contact information.
http://blog.icann.org/2012/04/cylab-at-carnegie-mellon-university-selected-to-conduct-study-of-whois-misuse-2/

More Number Scarcity
Last year ICANN allocated the last five IPv4 blocks to the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs). Since then we have seen a concerted effort on the part of network and content providers to make sure they support IPv6, so they?ll be ready for the next few billion Internet users. But there?s another Internet number resource which is running short: 16-bit Autonomous System Numbers (ASNs).
http://blog.icann.org/2012/04/more-number-scarcity/

Hotel Booking Links Now Open for ICANN's 2012 Meetings in Prague and Toronto
ICANN recently opened the hotel booking link and conference registration link for its upcoming 44th public meeting to be held 24-29 June 2012 in Prague, Czech Republic at the Hilton Prague Hotel
http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-03apr12-en.htm

Location Recommendations Now Being Accepted for ICANN's 2014 Meetings in Europe, North America, and Asia/Australia/Pacific
ICANN is actively seeking locations for its three public meetings to be held 23-28 March 2014 in Europe, 22-27 June 2014 in North America, and 12-17 October 2014 in Asia Pacific.
http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-03apr12-en.htm

RU-CENTER Provides Facilities for L-Root Site in Russia
Russian domain name services provider RU-CENTER and ICANN have collaborated on a common project for L-Root site installation in Russia.
http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-04apr12-en.htm

A Report on ICANN 43: New gTLDs and DNSSEC by Ram Mohan, executive vice president and chief technology officer of Afilias Limited
The ubiquity of mobile devices, the shift to "choose it yourself" TLDs and the availability of internationalized domain names will profoundly impact the relationship between your network and your network users. In this biweekly column, Ram Mohan, a non-voting ICANN board member and "Security and Stability Advisory Committee Liaison," chronicles these and other developments in this biweekly Network World column.
http://www.techworld.com.au/article/420475/report_icann_43_new_gtlds_dnssec/
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/420475/report_icann_43_new_gtlds_dnssec/

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Internationalized domain names (IDN) available to .fr owners on May 3
On May 3, 2012, owners of .FR and other French ccTLDs will be able to apply for their domain name registrations in Spanish, German, and French translations.
http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=a7d5b520-7f16-4f5e-8502-fb62e3f0d995

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It?s official: April 30 is the Big Reveal for new gTLDs
ICANN has just announced that it is targeting April 30 as the date it reveals which companies have applied for which new gTLDs.
http://domainincite.com/its-official-april-30-is-the-big-reveal-for-new-gtlds/

Ministers back net drive for .wales and .cymru
FIRST Minister Carwyn Jones and Business Minister Edwina Hart have backed a bid for Wales to have top level internet domain names in .wales and .cymru.
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/business-in-wales/business-news/2012/04/04/ministers-back-net-drive-for-wales-and-cymru-91466-30687736/

Wales bids for web domain names
THE creation of new internet domain names for Wales could put the small nation on the online map, First Minister Carwyn Jones has said.
http://www.campaignseries.co.uk/news/campaign_news/9629165.Wales_bids_for_web_domain_names/
http://www.freepressseries.co.uk/news/monmouthshire/monmouthshire_news/9629165.Wales_bids_for_web_domain_names/
http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/gwentnews/9629165.Wales_bids_for_web_domain_names/

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London 2012 prepares for cyber-attacks
When it comes to Olympics security, the chief information officer for London 2012 is quite clear: "We will get cyber-attacks, for sure. Previous Games have always been attacked, so we will be attacked. We are working with partners and government to make sure we have the right defences," Gerry Pennell said. Speaking in January 2011, he insisted it was "inevitable" that there would be attempts to bring the systems down.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/apr/04/london-2012-prepares-cyber-attacks

uk: Businesses could be liable for criminal offences under proposed cyber attack laws
Companies will be liable for any cyber attacks that others commit "for their benefit" under legislative plans approved by the European Parliament's Civil Liberties Committee.
http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2012/april/businesses-could-be-liable-for-criminal-offences-under-proposed-cyber-attack-laws/

FBI: Cyberattacks grow as national security menace
Cyberattacks are starting to eclipse terrorism as a threat to the country, say top officials from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, speaking before an audience of security professionals here at the GovSec Conference today.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/040312-fbi-cyberattacks-257925.html

CDT: Cybersecurity bills raise major civil liberties concerns [IDG]
A group of cybersecurity bills that the U.S. Congress may soon vote on contain serious privacy and civil liberties flaws, with some of the bills allowing private companies to share a wide range of their customers' online communications with government agencies, the Center for Democracy and Technology said.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/040412-cdt-cybersecurity-bills-raise-major-257967.html
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9225841/CDT_Cybersecurity_bills_raise_major_civil_liberties_concerns
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/253210/cdt_cybersecurity_bills_raise_major_civil_liberties_concerns.html

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National Arbitration Forum Rapid Evaluation Service Statistics
The National Arbitration Forum, dispute resolution provider for ICM Registry?s RES and CEDRP dispute resolution mechanisms, releases the following statistics for RES cases filed through January, 2012.
http://www.adrforum.com/newsroom.aspx?&itemID=1709&news=3

National Arbitration Forum Says Cases Are Up 18% From 2009 But Down 4% >From 2010
In a press release today the The National Arbitration Forum (NAF), ?announced that a total of 2,082 cases were filed in its domain name dispute resolution program in 2011, up 18% from 2009 (1,759 cases) and down 4% from 2010 (2,177 cases).?
http://www.thedomains.com/2012/04/04/national-arbitration-forum-says-cases-are-up-18-from-2009-but-down-4-from-2010/

NAF loses UDRP market share again
If UDRP forum shopping is a real phenomenon, the market share statistics don?t bear it out. The National Arbitration Forum today announced a sequential decrease in the number of cybersquatting cases it handled in 2011, widening the gap between itself and the World Intellectual Property Organization for at least the second year in a row.
http://domainincite.com/naf-loses-udrp-market-share-again/

The dogs dying for your fake UGG boots
Four weeks ago I ordered a pair of black UGG boots on the internet. According to the postal tracking service, they were due to arrive at my home in Kent on Monday. ... Many are registering domain names with .co.uk at the end and use photography copied from the official UGG Australia site.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2059631/The-dogs-dying-fake-UGG-boots.html

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Monitoring, Policies Needed To Catch Rogue IPv6 Traffic
The spotty support of the next-generation Internet routing protocol, IPv6, has left companies with a network security problem that has largely passed unnoticed. While IPv6 is built into many endpoint devices and supported by a majority of networking hardware, enterprise-routing and security features are typically lacking.
http://www.darkreading.com/security-services/167801101/security/news/232800237/monitoring-policies-needed-to-catch-rogue-ipv6-traffic.html

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>From 80 to 8,000 - The Growth of the RIPE NCC Membership by Mirjam Kuehne
The RIPE NCC is 20 years old and it now has over 8,000 members. In this article we are looking at the growth curve and the composition of the membership: what industry do RIPE NCC members come from today. The RIPE NCC became the first Regional Internet Registry in September 1992 (six months after it was set up as the secretariat for the European operators community, RIPE).
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120403_from_80_to_8000_the_growth_of_the_ripe_ncc_membership/

Ombudsman reports on ICANN 43 ?girls? scandal
ICANN Ombudsman Chris LaHatte has delivered his official report on the ICANN 43 sexism controversy.
http://domainincite.com/ombudsman-reports-on-icann-43-girls-scandal/

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A Pair of Six-Figure Sales and One of the Year's 10 Biggest Non .Com gTLD Sales Headline This Week's Aftermarket Action
Twin $100,000 sales set the pace in the domain aftermarket this week. Sedo.com logged one of those when their broker - Dave Evanson - closed a deal for End.com.
http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2012/20120404.htm


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