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• InternetNZ and ICANN renew relationship

  InternetNZ and ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) have formalised their relationship with an exchange of letters in Los Angeles this week.

• ICANN makes net global with non-English script domains

  ICANN has begun testing an internet facility for handling non-English character domain names.

• ICANN kit teaches software new domain names

  The list of generalised “top-level” internet domains (gTLDs) continues to grow, but many applications can recognise only some of these new domain suffixes.

• Email servers will choke, says Spamhaus

  The legal battle between antispam organisation Spamhaus and David Linhard, of e360 Insight, is heating up, with a court order that could cause a temporary ten-fold surge in spam.

• US govt retains ICANN oversight

  The US government will remain involved with the management of the internet’s domain name system after its current agreement with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) expires.

• Policy needed to stop lapsed-domain name hijacking, says ICANN working group

  After raising the question of misuse of hastily relinquished domain names (Computerworld, July 3), ICANN’s recent meeting in Morocco got down to some deeper discussion of the “monetisation” of names — the way they acquire more than their “face value” and are traded on a secondary market.

• Who really owns Gondwanaland’s domain?

  Exactly who owns a country’s internet domain? This was the question put to delegates attending the ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) conference in Wellington last week.

• Lack of communication from ICANN could prove fatal

  A delegate to the public session with ICANN’s board at last month’s Wellington meeting warned that a lack of communication from the board might lead to the rise of alternative public networks with more responsive governing bodies.

• ICANN consultation process could learn from InternetNZ

  ICANN and other bodies concerned with internet governance could learn from InternetNZ’s model of consultation, says Marilyn Cade, of ICANN’s business and commercial constituency.

• Governments to participate in, not dominate, internet — Cerf

  Some internet users and administrators see increased input by governments into the public policy aspects of the internet as worrying, but ICANN chairman Vint Cerf views it as a positive move.

• Analysis: US government forces .xxx delay

  The US government has managed to push the discussion about the proposed .xxx top level domain to the next ICANN meeting, causing a flare up in the debate about who controls the internet.

• ICANN accused of losing touch with its roots

  A spokesman for ICANN’s “at-large” advisory committee has accused the organisation publicly of having lost touch with its philosophical “roots”.

• ICANN-UN debate comes to Wellington

  Discussions on internet governance can be expected to form a significant part of the ICANN deliberations in Wellington. The governance issue first emerged into prominence at the preparatory meetings for the first World Summit on the Information Society in Geneva in 2003.

• Virtual red-light district up for grabs

  In all probability, there will be a final decision about the creation of .xxx TLD at the ICANN meeting in Wellington. ICM Registry, a private company founded in 2000 specifically to seek approval for the .xxx TLD (top level domain), has meet ICANN’s criteria for creating a TLD, according to an ICANN decision in June. Since then ICANN and ICM Registry have been negotiating the contract that would create a virtual red-light district.

• I think ICANN, says InternetNZ

  InternetNZ executive director Keith Davidson sounded pressured last week when asked about progress with arrangements for the ICANN conference next month. “It’s very taxing,” he admits. “A lot to do and not enough time to do it in”.