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2010/01/05

CircleID Weekly Wrap for 2010-01-05

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INTERNET INFRASTRUCTURE   .   WEEKLY WRAP: Dec 29, 2009 - Jan 05, 2010

News Briefs

Three Strikes Law Comes Into Effect in France
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Featured Blogs

IDN Scaremongering: Mashable and Times Online Screw Up
Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) might be a slightly "hot" topic at the moment following on from ICANN's launch of the IDN country code Top-Level Domain (ccTLD) program recently. However, IDNs are NOT a new topic. Far from it. They've been around for quite some time. Unfortunately neither The Times Online or Mashable seem to have done any homework. more »
Jan 04, 2010  -  by Michele Neylon  -  Comments: 0
Related Topics: Domain Names, ICANN, Multilinguism, Security, Top-Level Domains

Email Related Predictions for 2010
As my recent series of posts has indicated, I am seeing a lot of future changes in the email industry. What do I think we can look forward to in email in 2010? ...In the realm of real authentication, the protocol most are using is is DKIM. While people will probably continue to publish SPF records (and Microsoft will continue to cling to the hope it becomes widespread) its relevance will continue to decrease. more »
Jan 04, 2010  -  by Laura Atkins  -  Comments: 0
Related Topics: Email, Spam

Internet Drug Traffic, Service Providers and Intellectual Property
You could call this Part Three in our series on Illicit Internet Pharmacy. Part One being What's Driving Spam and Domain Fraud? Illicit Drug Traffic, Part Two being Online Drug Traffic and Registrar Policy. There are a few facts I'd like to list briefly so everyone is up to speed. The largest chunk of online abuse at this time is related to illicit international drug traffic, mostly counterfeit and diverted pharmaceuticals. more »
Jan 04, 2010  -  by Garth Bruen  -  Comments: 4
Related Topics: Access Providers, Cybercrime, Cybersquatting, Domain Names, Domain Registries, ICANN, Internet Governance, Law, Malware, Policy & Regulation, Security, Spam, Top-Level Domains

The World's Most Dangerous Country Code Top-Level Domains
If you want to know the world's most dangerous country code Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs), ask an anti-virus software company. McAfee has released its list of most dangerous country codes. Here are the top five... more »
Jan 04, 2010  -  by John Yunker  -  Comments: 1
Related Topics: Cybercrime, Cybersquatting, Domain Names, Domain Registries, Security, Top-Level Domains

CircleID's Top 10 Posts of 2009
Looking back at the year that just ended, here are the top ten most popular news, blogs, and industry news on CircleID in 2009 based on the overall readership of the posts. Congratulations to all the participants whose posts reached top readership in 2009 and best wishes to the entire community in 2010. more »
Jan 04, 2010  -  by CircleID Reporter  -  Comments: 0
Related Topics: Access Providers, Broadband, Censorship, Cloud Computing, Cyberattack, Cybercrime, Cybersquatting, Data Center, DNS, DNSSEC, Domain Names, Domain Registries, Email, ICANN, Internet Governance, Internet Protocol, IP Addressing, IPv6, Law, Malware, Mobile, Multilinguism, Net Neutrality, P2P, Policy & Regulation, Privacy, Regional Registries, Security, Spam, Telecom, Top-Level Domains, VoIP, Web, White Space, Whois, Wireless

Google Loses Another Domain Name Dispute
For the benefit of trademark owners, ICANN has something called the UDRP (Uniform Dispute Resolution Process) that allows the owner to file a complaint against an allegedly infringing domain name, to be resolved by one of a small set of arbitrators. About 90% of UDRP cases that proceed to a decision are decided in favor of the complainant; opinions differ as to whether that's because of the merit of the complaints or the institutional bias of the arbitrators. more »
Jan 01, 2010  -  by John Levine  -  Comments: 0
Related Topics: Domain Names, ICANN, Law

Last Decade in Spam
CAUCE, the Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email, has looked back at the notable events of the last decade in our industry. Each year/link in the post explodes to a discrete blog entry with a month-by-month break-out of notable events. more »
Jan 01, 2010  -  by Neil Schwartzman  -  Comments: 0
Related Topics: Cyberattack, Cybercrime, DNS, Domain Names, Domain Registries, Email, ICANN, Internet Governance, Law, Malware, Mobile, Policy & Regulation, Privacy, Security, Spam

Air Travel Security: Practical Industry Suggestions From Us
I am just a security guy, as are many others who will read this. Perhaps it is time us "simple" security guys got together and wrote some recommendations for air travel security? Get out your voice out there as an organized professional group which can in turn lobby for our professional recommendations... Here are mine, just to get the ball rolling... more »
Dec 29, 2009  -  by Gadi Evron  -  Comments: 0
Related Topics: Policy & Regulation, Privacy, Security


Hot Topics

Security
Domain Names
Policy & Regulation
Access Providers
ICANN
Top-Level Domains
Spam
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Industry Updates

Afilias Releases .INFO Domain 2009 Annual Report
Dec 21, 2009  -  by Afilias

Expressions of Interest a Requirement for New gTLDs?
Dec 18, 2009  -  by MarkMonitor

Neustar Implements DNS Security Extensions in the .US Registry
Dec 15, 2009  -  by NeuStar

Paid Search Ads Can Lead to Fake Goods
Dec 15, 2009  -  by MarkMonitor

Neustar Launches Initiative to Enhance DNS With Faster, More Secure Updates
Dec 10, 2009  -  by UltraDNS


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