[DNS] auDA Domain News - 25 July

[DNS] auDA Domain News - 25 July

From: David Goldstein <david>
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 14:25:08 +1000
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ICANN Launches Digital Innovation Platform, ICANNLabs [ICANN news release]
<http://www.domainpulse.com/2013/07/23/icannlabs/>

ICANN backtracks on URS contracts
<http://domainincite.com/13819-icann-backtracks-on-urs-contracts>

?Extortion? claims over new gTLD objection fees
<http://domainincite.com/13754-extortion-claims-over-new-gtld-objection-fees>

Senators slate NTIA, to demand answers on new gTLD security
<http://domainincite.com/13823-senators-slate-ntia-to-demand-answers-on-new-gtld-security>

Exactly When Is ARIN Going to Run Out of IPv4 Addresses? by Geoff Huston
<http://www.potaroo.net/ispcol/2013-08/when.html>

Akamai Releases First Quarter 2013 'State of the Internet' Report [news release]
<http://www.akamai.com/html/about/press/releases/2013/press_072313.html>

Prince George: How the internet reacted
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/10200926/Prince-George-How-the-internet-reacted.html>


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 - ICANN
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ICANN Launches Digital Innovation Platform, ICANNLabs [ICANN news release]
ICANN has unveiled a new digital platform intended to foster collective experimentation and innovation to increase the levels of community-wide engagement.
<http://www.domainpulse.com/2013/07/23/icannlabs/>
<http://www.domainnews.com/en/icann-launches-digital-innovation-platform-icannlabs.html>
<http://www.icann.org/en/news/press/releases/release-23jul13-en.pdf>

Middle East Strategy Implementation is Underway by Baher Esmat
The Middle East Strategy Working Group (MESWG) has been working hard since it presented a draft of the three-year engagement strategy at ICANN Beijing. After finalizing the strategy, the working group with 22 members from 11 countries has developed a one-year implementation plan to be carried out during ICANN?s FY14. Activities include capacity building around IPv6, DNSSEC and DNS operations, supporting the DNS sector, and driving Arabic script IDN related work forward.
<http://blog.icann.org/2013/07/middle-east-strategy-implementation-is-underway/>

New Initial Evaluation Results Released 19 July 2013
Total number of passing applications now 1,182 - view them here
<http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-22jul13-en>

ICANN backtracks on URS contracts
ICANN seems to have changed its mind about requiring Uniform Rapid Suspension providers to sign enforceable contracts, angering the Internet Commerce Association.
<http://domainincite.com/13819-icann-backtracks-on-urs-contracts>

ICANN Chairman's Durban Roundup by St?phane Van Gelder
Respected ICANN Chairman of the Board Steve Crocker has wrapped up his organisation's 47th International Meeting, held in Durban last week, with a message to the community. This message, reproduced here in its entirety, provides both a useful and concise summary of the Durban meeting and insights into the Chairman's view of where ICANN stands at the moment, the successes it has notched up and the challenges it faces.
<http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130722_icann_chairmans_durban_roundup/>

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 - ccTLD & gTLD NEWS
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Belarus internet infested with spammers
Almost 30% of all net addresses in Belarus are blocked by anti-spam firms because of the amount of junk mail passing through them, says a report.
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23417617>

Reflecting on Three Years of .CO: Where We?ve Come From; Where We?re Going by Juan Diego Calle
Last week I had the opportunity to be in South Africa on business on Nelson Mandela?s 95th birthday. News of the birthday was everywhere. Every magazine, every newspaper, every billboard, every person had something positive to say about him. Talk about a legacy! This man has made a huge ?dent in the universe? ? changing the lives of millions ? and inspiring generations to come.
<http://www.go.co/blog/2013/07/22/reflecting-on-three-years-of-co/>

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 - NEW TLDS
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?Extortion? claims over new gTLD objection fees
The International Chamber of Commerce came in for quite a bit of criticism at ICANN 47 last week over claims that it is asking for deposits in excess of a million dollars to handle new gTLD objections.
<http://domainincite.com/13754-extortion-claims-over-new-gtld-objection-fees>

Senators slate NTIA, to demand answers on new gTLD security
Did Verisign get to the US Congress? That?s the intriguing question emerging from a new Senate appropriations bill.
<http://domainincite.com/13823-senators-slate-ntia-to-demand-answers-on-new-gtld-security>

LRO roundup: six more new gTLD objections rejected
While we were busy focusing on ICANN 47 last week, six new gTLD Legal Rights Objections were decided by the World Intellectual Property Organization.
<http://domainincite.com/13818-lro-roundup-six-more-new-gtld-objections-rejected>

GAC Issues Another Communiqu?
ICANN's Governmental Advisory Committee issued another communiqu? at last week's meeting in Durban, South Africa.
<http://goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20732>
<http://www.domainpulse.com/2013/07/22/gac-communique/>
<http://www.domainnews.com/en/gac-issues-another-communique.html>

Amazon Bid For Domain Name Suffix Likely Rejected After Protest By South American Countries
Online retailer Amazon's attempt to register a new .amazon domain name suffix appeared to have failed - thanks to the efforts of the actual Amazon.
<http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/07/22/amazon_n_3633805.html>

Why Latin American Countries Scored a Major Victory Over Internet Domain Names
Chile and Argentina have scored a major victory in the battle over the use of geographic terms such as gTLD, a new form of internet addresses that include endings such as .xxx, .app, .book, .search, and .amazon.
<http://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/latin-american-countries-scored-major-victory-internet-domain/story?id=19762580>

What some other bloggers said about .amazon
Whenever an ICANN decision intersects with the business interests of a well-known brand name, media coverage ensues, and last week?s Governmental Advisory Committee objection to .amazon was no exception.
<http://domainincite.com/13840-what-some-other-bloggers-said-about-amazon>

Sorting facts from fiction in the Trademark Clearinghouse by Jan Corstens
With upcoming drastic changes to the Internet, including new gTLDs such as .nyc and .boston to .book and .lol ? it is crucial that brand owners understand how to effectively protect their intellectual property in the online space. The first step is properly navigating ICANN?s Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH), which involves clearing the air on some of the top misconceptions surrounding its key features.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2013/07/23/sorting-facts-from-fiction-in-the-trademark-clearinghouse-2/>

Microsoft and others join London gTLD strategy conference line-up
Momentum Event Group has updated its agenda for the forthcoming Digital Marketing & gTLD Strategy Congress, with additional speakers from Microsoft and the new Domain Name Association joining the line-up.
<http://domainincite.com/13846-microsoft-and-others-join-london-gtld-strategy-conference-line-up>

EBU step closer to securing .radio domain
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has passed the initial evaluation by ICANN in its bid to secure the new TLD .radio.
<http://www.digitaltveurope.net/81672/ebu-step-closer-to-securing-radio-domain/>

Go Daddy joins the new gTLD pre-reg game, kinda
Go Daddy has become the latest domain name registrar to start accepting expressions of interest from prospective new gTLD registrants.
<http://domainincite.com/13828-go-daddy-joins-the-new-gtld-pre-reg-game-kinda>

GoDaddy lets customers ?watch? new TLDs
GoDaddy is now allowing customers to add particular new top level domain names to a ?watchlist?.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2013/07/22/godaddy-lets-customers-watch-new-tlds/>

Google drops hints in domain name registry trademark filing
Google has filed a trademark application for ?Charleston Road Registry?, the name of its subsidiary that is applying for nearly 100 top level domain names.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2013/07/22/google-drops-hints-in-domain-name-registry-trademark-filing/>

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Network Solutions Knocked Down Again
Network Solutions customers have been facing further access problems, following last week's DDoS attacks against the hosting company's servers.
<http://www.informationweek.com/security/vulnerabilities/network-solutions-knocked-down-again/240158875>

Network Solutions Customers Face Access Issues Following DDoS Attacks
Customers of web hosting provider Network Solutions have been experiencing more access problems, following last week?s distributed denial of service attacks against Network Solutions? servers, according to a report by Information Week.
<http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/network-solutions-customers-face-access-issues-following-ddos-attacks>

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 - DOMAIN DISPUTES
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How Registrants Can Reduce the Threat of Domain Hijacking by Danny McPherson
Because domain names represent the online identity of individuals, businesses and other organizations, companies and organizations large and small have expressed increasing concern over reports of "domain name hijacking," in which perpetrators fraudulently transfer domain names by password theft or social engineering. The impact of these attacks can be significant, as hijackers are typically able to gain complete control of a victim's domain name - often for a significant period of time.
<http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130722_how_registrants_can_reduce_the_threat_of_domain_hijacking/>

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Exactly When Is ARIN Going to Run Out of IPv4 Addresses? by Geoff Huston
At the April 2013 ARIN meeting the inevitable question came up once more: "Exactly when is ARIN going to run out of IPv4 addresses?" Various dates have been proposed as an answer to this question, based on various methods of prediction. As the date is indeed getting closer, it may well be worth the time to review ARIN?s situation, and make a few predictions here about the likely date when ARIN?s exhausts its remaining pool of IPv4 addresses.
<http://www.potaroo.net/ispcol/2013-08/when.html>

IPv6 Network Management: Consider how you will manage IPv6 as you prepare to deploy it
Good engineering practices dictate that when we prepare to build something we must plan for the long-term operations.
<http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/83464>

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Akamai Releases First Quarter 2013 'State of the Internet' Report [news release]
Akamai Technologies, Inc. ... today released its First Quarter, 2013 State of the Internet Report. Based on data gathered from the Akamai Intelligent Platform?, the report provides insight into key global statistics such as network connectivity and connection speeds, attack traffic, and broadband adoption and availability, among many others.
<http://www.akamai.com/html/about/press/releases/2013/press_072313.html>

When ccTLDs Can Make a Difference in the Overall SEO Campaign
For organizations with international interests, utilizing ccTLDs and optimizing them fully is the strongest long-term solution for optimal SEO benefit. 
<http://www.clickz.com/clickz/column/2284334/when-cctlds-can-make-a-difference-in-the-overall-seo-campaign>

Judge Says Godaddy Is Not Entitled To Safe Harbor Protection On Parked Pages Program
In a 29 page ruling a California Federal Court denied Godaddy?s motion to have the case filed by the ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURES ARTS AND SCIENCES, (the Oscars) which was filed in 2010, thrown out, denying Godaddy.com the Safe Harbor that domain name registrars typically enjoy.
<http://www.thedomains.com/2013/07/24/judge-says-godaddy-is-not-entitled-to-safe-harbor-protection-on-parked-pages-program/>

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500 websites at hosting companies are compromised each day: report [IDG]
Cyber-criminals are compromising websites at hosting companies at an ever furious rate in order to exploit them to host dangerous content and send spam via compromised accounts, according to messaging security firm Cloudmark in its threat report today.
<http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/521866/500_websites_hosting_companies_compromised_each_day_report/>

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Prince George: How the internet reacted
Within minutes of Prince George?s name being announced, the new baby had his own Wikipedia page set up in his honour. ... Several internet domain names linked to the baby?s name were also registered within minutes of the announcement. ..
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/10200926/Prince-George-How-the-internet-reacted.html>

Royal baby domain name registrations spike
... Punters are lining up to cash in on the name of Prince William and Catherine Middleton?s baby. GoDaddy reports that, as of yesterday evening, it had seen a spike of 2x-4x (in the previous 24 hours) in domain names registered that included possible names of the royal baby: George, James, Alexander, Louis, and Arthur.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2013/07/24/royal-baby-domain-name-registrations-spike/>

$380,000 Deal Tops This Week's Domain Sales Chart as High End of Market Continues Its Resurgence
Just one week after we reported the year's biggest domain sale (114.com at $2.1 million) another major sale was reported this week with Body.com changing hands for $380,000 in a deal jointly handled by Sedo.com and GoDaddyAuctions. This is the 3rd highest sale reported thus far in 2013 and all of the year's three biggest sales have been reported this month as the high end of the market has staged a welcome resurgence.
<http://dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2013/20130724.htm>

What is a first name domain worth?
We all know first name domains are hot sellers, but how much are they really worth? I took a database of more than 5,000 common first names and compared it against past sales at NameBio to find as many first names as possible, and I came up with 103 that I could use.  Some first names had to be thrown out because they clearly sold for another reason, examples include Candy.com, Christian.com, Art.com, Guy.com, etc.
<http://dnmedia.com/what-is-a-first-name-domain-worth/>

The value of a first name domain name
DNMedia published a quick look at the value of first name domain names over the weekend.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2013/07/22/the-value-of-a-first-name-domain-name/>

2Q-2013 Domain Sales Data Shows Improving Market - New Developments at CitiesPlanet Gives GeoDomains a Boost & More TLDs Added at Sedo MLS
In case you missed them I wanted to draw your attention to a couple of big stories published in other sections of our site over the past 24 hours. As I am writing this our latest free monthly newsletter is going out to opt-in subscribers. It features a breakdown of the latest quarterly domain sales data covering 2Q-2013 and the data looks good for domain sellers. Three of the key indicators - total dollar volume across all extensions, total .com dollar volume and the median sales price across all extensions all rose from both year ago and previous quarter levels.
<http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2013/dailyposts/20130723.htm>

SedoMLS gets more domain extensions with .eu and CentralNic deals
SedoMLS, the domain listing distribution system for Sedo, has signed up new registries that will enable it to sell more types of domain names.
<http://domainnamewire.com/2013/07/23/sedomls-gets-more-domain-extensions-with-eu-and-centralnic-deals/>

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INTERNET USE
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Google accounts for 25 percent of all Internet traffic, study finds [IDG]
The diversified range of new products being built and provided by Google now make the company accountable for nearly 25 percent of all Internet traffic, up from a mere 6 percent just three years ago, according to a new study.
<http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/521615/google_accounts_25_percent_all_internet_traffic_study_finds/>

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SOCIAL MEDIA
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Facebook Is Erasing Doubts on Mobile
If Facebook were a car, it just went from zero to 60 mph in six seconds. The social networking company said Wednesday that it had revved up its mobile advertising from virtually nothing a year ago to 41 percent of its total ad revenue of $1.6 billion in the second quarter.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/25/technology/facebook-beats-expectations-on-strong-mobile-growth.html>

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CHILD PROTECTION & ONLINE SAFETY
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Online child abuse - the addict's story - 'I was curious about images of teenage girls on the internet ? a bit like car crashes. There?s a fatal fascination'
Redacting search engine results and sending warnings to people trying to access images of child pornography online are two approaches the Government has announced to combating paedophilia. But with more than 50,000 people in the UK looking at or downloading underage porn each year, child campaigners say much more needs to be done.
<http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/online-child-abuse--the-addicts-story--i-was-curious-about-images-of-teenage-girls-on-the-internet--a-bit-like-car-crashes-theres-a-fatal-fascination-8728888.html>

Online porn ban: David Cameron retreats in war on internet porn, admitting there will be 'problems down the line' amid debate over censorship
David Cameron is facing serious questions over how his plan for automatic internet ?porn filters? in every British home would work - after he suggested that topless images such as those used on The Sun?s page three would be still be accessible online.
<http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/online-porn-ban-david-cameron-retreats-in-war-on-internet-porn-admitting-there-will-be-problems-down-the-line-amid-debate-over-censorship-8726991.html>

War on web porn obscures wider sexualisation of teens by Gordon Fletcher, Senior Lecturer in Information Systems at University of Salford
Can we really separate a ?nice? internet from a ?bad? internet? That appears to be the thinking behind David Cameron?s statements foreshadowing the introduction of ?porn filters? and search engine roadblocks. These policies muddle together a range of intersecting and complex social issues in order to offer a seemingly simple technical solution to the concerns of an ill-defined ?moral majority?.
<http://theconversation.com/war-on-web-porn-obscures-wider-sexualisation-of-teens-16369>

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MOBILE/WIRELESS
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Millions of Sim cards are 'vulnerable to hack attack'
A flaw with mobile phones' Sim card technology is putting millions of people at risk of being spied on and robbed, according to a leading security expert.
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23402988>

SIM Card Hack A Wakeup Call
A researcher has discovered major flaws in some SIM cards that could pave the way for more targeted attacks against mobile device users.
<http://www.darkreading.com/vulnerability/sim-card-hack-a-wakeup-call/240158718>

SIM Card Vulnerability Could Affect Hundreds of Millions of Cell Phones
As many as 750 million mobile phones could be vulnerable to an encryption flaw on certain types of SIM cards, a German cryptographer and researcher warned over the weekend.
<http://threatpost.com/sim-card-vulnerability-could-affect-hundreds-of-millions-of-cell-phones/101430>

?New category? of mobile internet emerges in Asia
After five years of explosive growth sales of high-end smartphones have hit a plateau and the $US2 trillion industry - telecom carriers, handset makers and content providers - is buckling up for a bumpier ride as growth shifts to emerging markets, primarily in Asia.
<http://www.afr.com/p/technology/new_category_of_mobile_internet_2fQ4PsR3R6i6WK6ch53HIJ>

For the mobile Internet, tomorrow belongs to Asia
After five years of blistering growth sales of high-end smartphones have hit a plateau and the $2 trillion industry - telecom carriers, handset makers and content providers - is buckling up for a bumpier ride as growth shifts to emerging markets, primarily in Asia.
<http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/07/23/smartphones-mobile-internet-samsung-idINDEE96M06U20130723>
<http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/07/24/uk-smartphones-saturation-idUKBRE96M09Y20130724>

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SPAM
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Belarus internet infested with spammers
Almost 30% of all net addresses in Belarus are blocked by anti-spam firms because of the amount of junk mail passing through them, says a report.
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23417617>

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ONLINE CRIME & LEGAL
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Cybercrime Costs U.S Economy $100 Billion and 500,000 Jobs [CIO]
One of the few things that policy makers in Washington can agree on is that cybercrime is a large and growing problem.
<http://www.cio.com/article/736824/Cybercrime_Costs_U.S_Economy_100_Billion_and_500_000_Jobs>

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GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY
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NSA Spying Fallout: Germany Wants Tighter UN Privacy Rules
Germany on Wednesday launched an effort to improve United Nations data protection regulations in light of the massive Internet surveillance undertaken by the US. Some top German officials would also like to see a data exchange treaty between the US and the EU suspended.
<http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/germany-wants-tighter-un-privacy-rules-and-questions-us-data-treaty-a-912890.html>

Spy bill changes an improvement, but further change needed - InternetNZ
InternetNZ says it supports changes to the GCSB won by swing vote Peter Dunne. But it believes they do not go far enough to assuage the concerns identified in a wide range of submissions on the Bill.
<http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/spy-bill-changes-improvement-further-change-needed-internetnz-ck-143249>

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MISCELLANEOUS
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Akamai: Global average, peak Internet connection speeds continue to rise
While the growth might be small in some regards, Internet connection speeds continued to improve on a global basis, virtually across the board, based on Akamai's State of the Internet report for the first quarter of 2013.
<http://www.zdnet.com/akamai-global-average-peak-internet-connection-speeds-continue-to-rise-7000018444/>

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