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2011/06/07

CircleID Weekly Wrap for 2011-06-07

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INTERNET INFRASTRUCTURE   .   WEEKLY WRAP: May 31, 2011 - Jun 07, 2011

News Briefs

Chinese Newspaper Warns Google Against Playing a Risky Political Game
Jun 06, 2011  -  Include Your Comments

Internet Three Strikes Laws Violate International Law, Says UN Report
Jun 03, 2011  -  Include Your Comments

Syrian Internet Shutdown
Jun 03, 2011  -  Include Your Comments (1 posted)

Global Internet Traffic to Quadruple by 2015, Reaching 966 Exabytes Per Year
Jun 01, 2011  -  Include Your Comments

RIPE NCC to Conduct Live Measurements for World IPv6 Day
Jun 01, 2011  -  Include Your Comments

UK Putting Cyber Attacks on an Equal Footing With Other Conflicts
May 31, 2011  -  Include Your Comments


Featured Blogs

How Many IPv4 Addresses Does the RIPE NCC Have Left?
Since IANA ran out of IPv4 addresses, people are increasingly aware of how short the remaining lifetime of IPv4 is. With World IPv6 Day taking place this week, the issue has come into even sharper focus. Since March 2011, the RIPE NCC has been publishing the size of its pool of available IPv4 addresses. All five Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) regularly publish the status of their IPv4 address pools. In the image below, you can see how the number of IPv4 addresses in the RIPE NCC pool changes over time. more »
Jun 07, 2011  -  by Mirjam Kuehne  -  Comments: 0
Related Topics: IP Addressing, IPv6, Regional Registries

India: One Country, Many Internationalized Domain Names
If you're interested in learning more about Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs), UNESCO and EURid recently released a report on the evolution and challenges of IDNs. It's a good read and it highlights some of the struggles that countries and registries face and taking IDNs mainstream. Though Russia has so far proven to be a major success story - with more than 800,000 IDN registrations so far (and counting) - most other IDNs are have a long ways to go yet. more »
Jun 06, 2011  -  by John Yunker  -  Comments: 2
Related Topics: DNS, Domain Names, ICANN, Multilinguism, Top-Level Domains

"Is DSL Finally Dying?" No!
Jeff Heynan at Infonetics reported a double-digit drop in DSL equipment sales, inspiring Dan O'Shea at Telephony to headline "Is DSL Finally Dying?" Both note that DSL sales in Q1 were actually ahead of the same quarter last year. Yet Dan writes "Fiber is the future." more »
Jun 06, 2011  -  by Dave Burstein  -  Comments: 0
Related Topics: Access Providers, Broadband, Telecom

Who Cares About 50,000 .CAT's?
This past May 19th, 5 years after its sunrise, puntCAT arrived at the 50,000 domain names landmark. We know that, nowadays, 50,000 domain names may hardly be described as shocking news, and, certainly, this is not our limit, and we believe there's still plenty of room for .cat to grow. Then, who and why should care about this number? more »
Jun 03, 2011  -  by Nacho Amadoz  -  Comments: 1
Related Topics: Domain Names, Registry Services, ICANN, Multilinguism, Top-Level Domains

DHCP for IPv4 vs. IPv6 - What You Need to Know
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a protocol intended to enable machines (servers, game consols, etc) wishing to be "online" the ability to request Internet Protocol information from a DHCP server automatically. ... In this article we will begin to outline some of the fundamental differences between DHCPv4 and DHCPv6, explore historical uses of DHCPv4 and how those concepts will adapt/change in IPv6. more »
Jun 02, 2011  -  by Richard Donaldson  -  Comments: 2
Related Topics: IP Addressing, IPv6

New gTLDs: Will Application Developers Be Ready In Time to Secure User Confidence?
Last week I pointed out a potential problem with the user experience, if, as envisioned, a large number of new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) are added to the root at the same time. The problem I was referring to has nothing to do with the new gTLDs themselves. Rather, it's about the lack of any updated procedures and communication campaigns to application and software vendors. The objective would be to alert them in time and equip them to swiftly update their programs... more »
Jun 01, 2011  -  by Alexa Raad  -  Comments: 2
Related Topics: DNS, Domain Names, Registry Services, ICANN, Policy & Regulation, Top-Level Domains

ICANN Releases gTLD Applicant Guidebook
Per their timeline, ICANN released the gTLD Applicant Guidebook on May 30th. This version contains revisions based upon both community feedback, as well as recent consultations with the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC). more »
Jun 01, 2011  -  by Elisa Cooper  -  Comments: 1
Related Topics: DNS, Domain Names, Registry Services, ICANN, Policy & Regulation, Top-Level Domains

What is Internet Protocol Address Management?"
The number of web-based devices is expanding at an exponential clip, virtualization is making a very static environment dynamic, and now with the exhaustion of IPv4 and the oncoming complexities of IPv6 network operators must reevaluate what IP Address Management (IPAM) really is. The goal of this post is to define the various functions that make up IP Address Management. more »
May 31, 2011  -  by Aaron Hughes  -  Comments: 0
Related Topics: IP Addressing, IPv6


Hot Topics

Domain Names
Top-Level Domains
Security
Internet Governance
Registry Services
DNS
Cybercrime
Policy & Regulation
ICANN
Access Providers
Cyberattack
Telecom
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Industry Updates

President Obama Names Neustar President and CEO Lisa Hook to NSTAC
Jun 03, 2011  -  by Neustar

Why Embrace IPv6 Now? Get the Latest from Expert Cricket Liu
Jun 02, 2011  -  by Neustar

.CO Bursts through 1 Million Domain Milestone
Jun 02, 2011  -  by .CO Internet

Verisign's Matt Larson Wins 2011 InfoWorld Technology Leadership Award
Jun 01, 2011  -  by Verisign

.CO Recognized Alongside Industry Giants in Trademark Industry Awards
May 25, 2011  -  by .CO Internet


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