|
Kenya bids to host top IT conference
Standard, Kenya - 3 hours ago Icann, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers on the other hand is responsible for managing and coordinating the global Domain Name System … |
Original post by submitnews@thewhir.com and software by Elliott Back
|
RischForSenate.com Domain Name Purchased
New West, MT - 11 hours ago Jim Risch is behind the website name registration, since domain names are sometimes registered by people wholly unconnected to the possible user, … |
Original post by submitnews@thewhir.com and software by Elliott Back
|
Domain Names: The Latest Real Estate Deals
TechNewsWorld, CA - Aug 31, 2007 Some people with whom I speak tell me that all of the good domain names have been registered. Personally, I think that an enterprising and savvy person can … |
Original post by submitnews@thewhir.com and software by Elliott Back
 Point-Spreads.com |
Bodog domain name settlement imminent?
Point-Spreads.com, FL - 5 hours ago Point-Spreads.com has confirmed with both players and affiliates that its business as usual via the new domain names. It still looks like Bodog … More details have emerged about Bodog's name change to NewBodog.com The Spread Bodog loses domain names in patent infringement suit Casino City Times Bodog Looses Domain Name, Ordered to Pay $49.0 million Gaming Intelligence Group (subscription) CasinoWire - TheOnlinewire all 22 news articles |
Original post by submitnews@thewhir.com and software by Elliott Back
|
International web-use explosion fuels domain name growth
Secure Computing, Australia - Aug 30, 2007 Increased international use of the internet has driven the number of domain names registered globally to 138 million, according to a report from VeriSign, … |
Original post by submitnews@thewhir.com and software by Elliott Back
Whenever I see such headlines of “total domain names hit new high”, I read that as “spammers continue to register millions of junk names”. Reply
Original post by submitnews@thewhir.com and software by Elliott Back
|
China sale spurs domain name boom
CBC News, Canada - Aug 30, 2007 An aggressive price promotion in China of website domain names with the ".cn" top-level domain helped quadruple the number of websites using the suffix, … |
Original post by submitnews@thewhir.com and software by Elliott Back
|
VeriSign Publishes Domain Name Brief
Web Host Industry Review - Aug 30, 2007 The expansion of domain name registrations in the second quarter can be attributed to the strong growth in country code TLD registrations, such as China's … Domain Names: The Latest Real Estate Deals TechNewsWorld International web-use explosion fuels domain name growth Secure Computing all 6 news articles |
Original post by submitnews@thewhir.com and software by Elliott Back
I agree with the broad strokes of your argument John. As an ICANN-newbie (my first meeting was Wellington) and end-customer of the domain system, I’ve been bewildered by the conversation about WHOIS privacy and found this article to be helpful and illuminating.
The privacy case doesn’t speak terribly strongly to me, since my contact information has been in WHOIS since 1993, has been scraped a boatload of times, and those lists already provide my spam filter plenty of opportunities to learn about new things. Nobody has dropped by my house in St Paul, MN and asked to meet foo@bar.com, so I’m fairly complacent about the physical security risk. Admittedly, I get the occasional angry email from a spam recipient berating The Foo for something or other, but those are few and far between these days. Current registrants and I have registrar-provided privacy options available if we so choose. So that leaves me scratching my head and asking “aren’t we trying to either un-ring a bell, or solve a problem for which a solution already exists?”
I’ve always thought of myself as being entrusted with (and accountable for) a gaggle of domains that are part of an open/public system. If I screw up with those domains, it seems fair that people can very quickly get in touch to get things fixed.
Admittedly, I’m merely a customer. And an ICANN newbie at that. So I’m game for compelling arguments, but the status quo on WHOIS privacy is ok with me. Reply
Original post by submitnews@thewhir.com and software by Elliott Back
|
More details have emerged about Bodog's name change to NewBodog.com
The Spread, MI - 2 hours ago Bodog lost control of the domain names Bodog.com and Bodog.net because the registrar of those two domain names was a US based company. … |
Original post by submitnews@thewhir.com and software by Elliott Back