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Re: [At-Large] Most Spam Sites Tied to a Handful of Registrars
by Jeffrey A. Williams May 23, 2008

May 23, 2008

Michele and all, Yes these are the top ten out of 20+. The washington post left out the larger registrars like register.com, godaddy, and towcows. But what's far more important is that ICANN is sitting on it's hands in addressing this known problem. Seems to me that the DOJ needs to look into such more closely. Seems to me that aiding and abetting any illegal act with intent as this seems to be regarding ICANN, is far less than expectable. Action by the DOJ is long overdue. -----Original Message----- >From: Michele Neylon <michele(a)blacknight.ie> >Sent: May 23, 2008 5:42 AM >To: At-Large Worldwide <alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> >Subject: Re: [At-Large] Most Spam Sites Tied to a Handful of Registrars > > >On 23 May 2008, at 13:29, Danny Younger wrote: > >> http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/05/most_spam_sites_tied_to_… >> >> Top Ten List: >> 1. Xinnet Bei Gong Da Software >> 2. BEIJINGNN >> 3. Todaynic >> 4. Joker >> 5. eNom, Inc. >> 6. MONIKER >> 7. Dynamic Dolphin >> 8. The Nameit Co/AITDOMAINS.COM >> 9. PDR >> 10. Intercosmos/DIRECTNIC >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ALAC mailing list >> ALAC(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >> http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge-lists.icann.org >> >> At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org > >Todaynic are spammers themselves, so it's hardly surprising that >they're on that list. > >It's a pity that ICANN does not take action against the likes of >TodayNic. I get more than a little p****ed off with their blog and >forum spam techniques > >Regards > >Michele > >Mr Michele Neylon >Blacknight Solutions >Hosting & Colocation, Brand Protection >http://www.blacknight.com/ >http://blog.blacknight.com/ >Intl. +353 (0) 59 9183072 >Locall: 1850 929 929 >Direct Dial: +353 (0)59 9183090 >Fax. +353 (0) 1 4811 763 >------------------------------- >Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd, Unit 12A,Barrowside Business >Park,Sleaty >Road,Graiguecullen,Carlow,Ireland Company No.: 370845 > > >_______________________________________________ >ALAC mailing list >ALAC(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge-lists.icann.org > >At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org Regards, Spokesman for INEGroup LLA. - (Over 281k members/stakeholders strong!) "Obedience of the law is the greatest freedom" - Abraham Lincoln "Credit should go with the performance of duty and not with what is very often the accident of glory" - Theodore Roosevelt "If the probability be called P; the injury, L; and the burden, B; liability depends upon whether B is less than L multiplied by P: i.e., whether B is less than PL." United States v. Carroll Towing (159 F.2d 169 [2d Cir. 1947] =============================================================== Updated 1/26/04 CSO/DIR. Internet Network Eng. SR. Eng. Network data security IDNS. div. of Information Network Eng. INEG. INC. ABA member in good standing member ID 01257402 E-Mail jwkckid1(a)ix.netcom.com My Phone: 214-244-4827

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Re: [At-Large] Testing IPv6
by Jeffrey A. Williams May 23, 2008

May 23, 2008

Joly and all, Googles implimentation of IPv6 is improper, as wheather or not you have a IPv6 network connection, proper tunneling should allow any connection to access IPv6 based sites. Ergo, Google is yet again demonstrating it's less than considerate attitude towards consumers/users and in doing so also harming the expansion of IPv6 accordingly. However given Googles corproate culture, I am not surprised. -----Original Message----- >From: WWWhatsup <joly(a)punkcast.com> >Sent: May 23, 2008 11:40 AM >To: At-Large Worldwide <alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> >Subject: [At-Large] Testing IPv6 > > >> >>This article appeared today on a Canadian IT website: >> >>http://vip.itworldcanada.com/t?r=2&c=8440&l=7158&ctl=39C07:C6754470ADC4CFC8… > > >In that article it says: > >>One sign that demand for IPv6 is growing -- and also a good way to test if your own Internet connection is ready for IPv6 -- is Google's introduction of direct access to its search engine for IPv6 users, which the company announced on its official blog on Tuesday. The address ipv6.google.com will only work if you have an IPv6 connection, according to Google. > >Much to my surprise that, while it doesn't eork on my XP SP3 box, http://ipv6.google.com/ works fine in IE7 on my vanilla Vista box connected via Verizon (aka the VVV :) > >The teredo tunneling protocol is suppoosedly built in to Vista by default, but I still find it hard to credit >that it works out of the box, and supposedly it's in XP SP2 too, so that can't be it. > >I had tested a sample video stream mentioned on nanog last week (it's supposed to go full screen PAL @ 1.5mpbs if you have IPv6 - >otherwise it's 320x240 @400kpbs ) with no joy - http://master.nacevi.cz/ct24v6.asp > >I note that the intriguing http://www.ipv6experiment.com/ is yet to go onstream. > >Joly MacFie > >http://isoc-ny.org > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------- > WWWhatsup NYC >http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com >--------------------------------------------------------------- > > >_______________________________________________ >ALAC mailing list >ALAC(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge-lists.icann.org > >At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org Regards, Spokesman for INEGroup LLA. - (Over 281k members/stakeholders strong!) "Obedience of the law is the greatest freedom" - Abraham Lincoln "Credit should go with the performance of duty and not with what is very often the accident of glory" - Theodore Roosevelt "If the probability be called P; the injury, L; and the burden, B; liability depends upon whether B is less than L multiplied by P: i.e., whether B is less than PL." United States v. Carroll Towing (159 F.2d 169 [2d Cir. 1947] =============================================================== Updated 1/26/04 CSO/DIR. Internet Network Eng. SR. Eng. Network data security IDNS. div. of Information Network Eng. INEG. INC. ABA member in good standing member ID 01257402 E-Mail jwkckid1(a)ix.netcom.com My Phone: 214-244-4827

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Re: [At-Large] ALAC Action Requested on Privacy
by Jeffrey A. Williams May 23, 2008

May 23, 2008

Jacque and all, Privacy has always, sense the Bill of Rights in the United States of America been a "Core Value" by such and other Constitutional Acts, such as the Privacy Act, Financial Privacy Act, and the 4th amendment. Internationally, the UN recognizes privacy as a "Core Value" and that such should be considered universal. Ergo, and frankly Jacque, you have little idea of which you speak. -----Original Message----- >From: "Jacqueline A. Morris" <jam(a)jacquelinemorris.com> >Sent: May 23, 2008 1:08 PM >To: Robert Guerra <lists(a)privaterra.info> >Cc: At-Large Worldwide <alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> >Subject: Re: [At-Large] ALAC Action Requested on Privacy > >hi Robert >Since you also indicate that you think privacy is a core value, I will >ask you the question as well - what in your opinion makes privacy a core >value? What are the reasons? >I can see gender being a core value , it's pretty universal, I can see >cultural diversity - pretty much universal as well - basically all the >human rights ones. Privacy isn't a value enshrined in consitutions and >cultures universally AFAIK. So it will help explain it if you guys could >say what it is, and why it's a core value. > >Jacqueline >Robert Guerra wrote: >> Before we start making a laundry list of values - let's first review >> existing statements and values mentioned both by users and At-large. >> Privacy is such a core value - and I support - Danny's proposal that >> privacy be added as a core value. >> >> On the topic of additional values - instead of listing individual >> rights (such as privacy, gender, etc) we might want instead to focus >> on having ICANN adopt as a key value - a strong endorsement of the >> international norms such as the Vienna convention on human rights. The >> logic being, if it wants to act as an international body - they it >> should adopt and promote rights already agreed to by the international >> community. >> >> >> http://www.unhchr.ch/huridocda/huridoca.nsf/(Symbol)/A.CONF.157.23.En >> >> >> regards >> >> Robert >> >> >> >> On 23-May-08, at 3:26 PM, Jacqueline A. Morris wrote: >> >> >>> Hi Danny >>> Not to say I agree or disagree, but I would like to ask - why privacy >>> as a core value and not for example adding gender into core value #4 >>> (functional, geographic, and cultural diversity ) >>> Why is privacy a core value in your opinion? >>> Jacqueline >>> Danny Younger wrote: >>> >>>> Dear members of the ALAC: >>>> >>>> As you may be aware, privacy is not an ICANN "Core >>>> Value". The word "privacy" does not appear within the >>>> bylaws. I am of the view that ICANN would be well >>>> served by articulating that it respects privacy. >>>> >>>> If we ultimately seek to arrive at a consensus on the >>>> fundamental issue of protection of personal privacy, >>>> we need to have a starting point to stimulate >>>> ICANN-wide discussion. Accordingly, I am asking you >>>> to drive home this point by petitioning the ICANN >>>> Board to amend its core values section in the bylaws >>>> so that privacy may come to be acknowledged as a value >>>> to be respected. >>>> >>>> I look forward to your comments. >>>> >>>> Danny Younger >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> ALAC mailing list >>>> ALAC(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >>>> http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge-lists.icann.org >>>> >>>> At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> ALAC mailing list >>> ALAC(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >>> http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge-lists.icann.org >>> >>> At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ALAC mailing list >> ALAC(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >> http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge-lists.icann.org >> >> At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org >> > > > >_______________________________________________ >ALAC mailing list >ALAC(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge-lists.icann.org > >At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org Regards, Spokesman for INEGroup LLA. - (Over 281k members/stakeholders strong!) "Obedience of the law is the greatest freedom" - Abraham Lincoln "Credit should go with the performance of duty and not with what is very often the accident of glory" - Theodore Roosevelt "If the probability be called P; the injury, L; and the burden, B; liability depends upon whether B is less than L multiplied by P: i.e., whether B is less than PL." United States v. Carroll Towing (159 F.2d 169 [2d Cir. 1947] =============================================================== Updated 1/26/04 CSO/DIR. Internet Network Eng. SR. Eng. Network data security IDNS. div. of Information Network Eng. INEG. INC. ABA member in good standing member ID 01257402 E-Mail jwkckid1(a)ix.netcom.com My Phone: 214-244-4827

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Govts should intervene on IPV4 allocation: OECD
by Evan Leibovitch May 23, 2008

May 23, 2008

This article appeared today on a Canadian IT website: http://vip.itworldcanada.com/t?r=2&c=8440&l=7158&ctl=39C07:C6754470ADC4CFC8… Interesting that ICANN was never mentioned in that article. - Evan

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Most Spam Sites Tied to a Handful of Registrars
by Danny Younger May 23, 2008

May 23, 2008

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/05/most_spam_sites_tied_to_… Top Ten List: 1. Xinnet Bei Gong Da Software 2. BEIJINGNN 3. Todaynic 4. Joker 5. eNom, Inc. 6. MONIKER 7. Dynamic Dolphin 8. The Nameit Co/AITDOMAINS.COM 9. PDR 10. Intercosmos/DIRECTNIC

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Re: [At-Large] [NA-Discuss] ICANN News Alert emails
by Jeffrey A. Williams May 23, 2008

May 23, 2008

Nick and all, Apologies accepted. However this is what happens when amatures attempt to configure software, especially poorly desinged and insecure software. This is also how IDtheft can be effected as well. I can only hope no one responded to those Emails. I surely did not. Kieren, I believe you are required by law to report this incident as a potential data breach. Please do so, or I shall. -----Original Message----- >From: Nick Ashton-Hart <Nick.Ashton-Hart(a)icann.org> >Sent: May 20, 2008 1:21 AM >To: At-Large Worldwide <alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>, Asia-Pacific Discuss <apac-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>, LAC Discuss <lac-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>, NA Discuss <na-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> >Subject: [NA-Discuss] ICANN News Alert emails > >Dear All: > >My apologies for the number of emails received today from the ICANN News Alert system. My intention was to automate a task which is currently manual - we have been forwarding these emails to the lists ourselves manually for months now, and my hope was that connecting the news alerts to the regional and global At-Large list would simply make this automatic. > >Unfortunately there were some problems as you'll have seen - the below message from Kieren relates to the problems. > >Again, our apologies. > >----- > >To ALAC mailing list subscribers, > >Sorry for the number of emails you received yesterday on the mailing list subscribing the list to the ICANN News Alerts service. This is my fault. > >ICANN's News Alert sends out an email each time an announcement of significance is added to the ICANN site. It's the same system we have been using for two years or more. In order to save staff and the community time manually resending email announcements whenever ICANN announces something, the ALAC lists themselves were subscribed to News Alerts. > >However, despite the lists being added manually to the system, it still sent a double opt-in confirmation message. The result was that a large number of people were all sent a confirmation email. Then when a number of people clicked on the subscribe option in a short period of time, this led to a number of welcome emails. > >In an effort to fix this now as fast as possible, the mailing list addresses were deleted; the welcome and confirmation options taken off, and the list resubscribed. > >But, because of US anti-spam law, while the options were taken off, the system being used still insisted on sending the double opt-in email. And then, just for good measure, resending the welcome email all over again. > >I realise that none of this is very helpful to anyone, so my apologies. The idea is still that since ICANN sends out a News Alert each time there is an interesting announcement, it is faster and more efficient for it to be sent directly to mailing lists, rather than have people notice the alert and manually resend it. > >With this hump over with, it will be possible for that to happen automatically from now on. > >Kieren McCarthy > >General manager of public participation, ICANN > >-- > >Regards, > >Nick Ashton-Hart >Director for At-Large >Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) >Main Tel: +33 (450) 40 46 88 >USA DD: +1 (310) 301-8637 >Fax: +41 (22) 594-85-44 >Mobile: +41 (79) 595 54-68 >email: nick.ashton-hart(a)icann.org >Win IM: ashtonhart(a)hotmail.com / AIM/iSight: nashtonhart(a)mac.com / Skype: nashtonhart >Online Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashtonhart >------ >NA-Discuss mailing list >NA-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss_atlarge-lists.ic… > >Visit the NARALO online at http://www.naralo.org >------ Regards, Spokesman for INEGroup LLA. - (Over 281k members/stakeholders strong!) "Obedience of the law is the greatest freedom" - Abraham Lincoln "Credit should go with the performance of duty and not with what is very often the accident of glory" - Theodore Roosevelt "If the probability be called P; the injury, L; and the burden, B; liability depends upon whether B is less than L multiplied by P: i.e., whether B is less than PL." United States v. Carroll Towing (159 F.2d 169 [2d Cir. 1947] =============================================================== Updated 1/26/04 CSO/DIR. Internet Network Eng. SR. Eng. Network data security IDNS. div. of Information Network Eng. INEG. INC. ABA member in good standing member ID 01257402 E-Mail jwkckid1(a)ix.netcom.com My Phone: 214-244-4827

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Weekly posting summary for alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org
by Thomas Narten May 23, 2008

May 23, 2008

Total of 46 messages in the last 7 days. script run at: Fri May 23 00:53:02 EDT 2008 Messages | Bytes | Who --------+------+--------+----------+------------------------ 4.35% | 2 | 42.73% | 375787 | denise.michel at icann.org 19.57% | 9 | 18.34% | 161269 | jwkckid1 at ix.netcom.com 17.39% | 8 | 5.02% | 44173 | marc.salvatierra at icann.org 4.35% | 2 | 10.55% | 92815 | cheryl at hovtek.com.au 8.70% | 4 | 3.97% | 34875 | nick.ashton-hart at icann.org 4.35% | 2 | 4.82% | 42389 | wendy at seltzer.com 4.35% | 2 | 1.43% | 12583 | jam at jacquelinemorris.com 4.35% | 2 | 1.20% | 10556 | bfausett at internet.law.pro 2.17% | 1 | 1.37% | 12065 | matthias.langenegger at icann.org 2.17% | 1 | 1.28% | 11226 | staff at atlarge.icann.org 2.17% | 1 | 1.01% | 8916 | roberto at icann.org 2.17% | 1 | 0.84% | 7379 | frederic.teboul at icann.org 2.17% | 1 | 0.83% | 7343 | narten at us.ibm.com 2.17% | 1 | 0.75% | 6560 | khaled.koubaa at gmail.com 2.17% | 1 | 0.74% | 6530 | alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca 2.17% | 1 | 0.73% | 6403 | lists at privaterra.info 2.17% | 1 | 0.71% | 6275 | omar at kaminski.adv.br 2.17% | 1 | 0.68% | 5951 | jefsey at jefsey.com 2.17% | 1 | 0.63% | 5564 | joly at punkcast.com 2.17% | 1 | 0.61% | 5399 | elisabeth.porteneuve at cetp.ipsl.fr 2.17% | 1 | 0.61% | 5328 | johnl at iecc.com 2.17% | 1 | 0.60% | 5296 | patrick at vande-walle.eu 2.17% | 1 | 0.55% | 4800 | dannyyounger at yahoo.com --------+------+--------+----------+------------------------ 100.00% | 46 |100.00% | 879482 | Total

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Fast Flux Briefing Session
by Danny Younger May 22, 2008

May 22, 2008

Additional reading on the issue: "Internet-Draft: Double Flux Defense in DNS" http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-bambenek-doubleflux-01.txt

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Re: [At-Large] Welcome to ICANN News Alert (plain text)
by Jeffrey A. Williams May 21, 2008

May 21, 2008

John and all, Spoken like a true ex-politician. Unfortunately and as usual, not so. Such may have been a "Free Trial", but was hardly free to the victims, the subscribers, us. Shows little or no consideration for users as well. Bad attitude, bad practice, bad policy, and resulting in a bad product of course... -----Original Message----- >From: John Levine <johnl(a)iecc.com> >Sent: May 19, 2008 10:17 PM >To: ICANN <marc.salvatierra(a)icann.org> >Cc: alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >Subject: Re: [At-Large] Welcome to ICANN News Alert (plain text) > >I followed the link and told it to cancel our subscriptions. Maybe that >will limit the noise. > >I concur with Bret that we're lucky this was just a free trial. > >Regards, >John Levine, johnl(a)iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies", >Information Superhighwayman wanna-be, http://www.johnlevine.com, ex-Mayor >"More Wiener schnitzel, please", said Tom, revealingly. > >_______________________________________________ >ALAC mailing list >ALAC(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge-lists.icann.org > >At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org Regards, Spokesman for INEGroup LLA. - (Over 281k members/stakeholders strong!) "Obedience of the law is the greatest freedom" - Abraham Lincoln "Credit should go with the performance of duty and not with what is very often the accident of glory" - Theodore Roosevelt "If the probability be called P; the injury, L; and the burden, B; liability depends upon whether B is less than L multiplied by P: i.e., whether B is less than PL." United States v. Carroll Towing (159 F.2d 169 [2d Cir. 1947] =============================================================== Updated 1/26/04 CSO/DIR. Internet Network Eng. SR. Eng. Network data security IDNS. div. of Information Network Eng. INEG. INC. ABA member in good standing member ID 01257402 E-Mail jwkckid1(a)ix.netcom.com My Phone: 214-244-4827

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Re: [At-Large] ICANN News Alert emails
by Jeffrey A. Williams May 21, 2008

May 21, 2008

Elisabeth and all, This only also confirms to the poor quality of the software being used to perform the function it is intended to perform. Garbage in, garbage out. -----Original Message----- >From: Elisabeth Porteneuve <Elisabeth.Porteneuve(a)cetp.ipsl.fr> >Sent: May 20, 2008 5:06 AM >To: patrick(a)vande-walle.eu, roberto(a)icann.org >Cc: Nick.Ashton-Hart(a)icann.org, alac(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >Subject: Re: [At-Large] ICANN News Alert emails > > >+1 > >Elisabeth Porteneuve > >> To: Roberto Gaetano <roberto(a)icann.org> >> Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 12:53:40 +0200 >> From: Patrick Vande Walle <patrick(a)vande-walle.eu> >> >> +1 >> >> Patrick Vande Walle >> >> On Tue, 20 May 2008 12:45:25 +0200, "Roberto Gaetano" <roberto(a)icann.org> >> wrote: >> > I might be nave, but can't we simply ask people on all mailing lists to >> > subscribe to the alerts if they are interested? >> > I, for one, receive these alerts in multiple copies, because they are >> > forwarded to multiple lists to which I am subscribed. >> > Cheers, >> > Roberto >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ALAC mailing list >> ALAC(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >> http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge-lists.icann.org >> >> At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >ALAC mailing list >ALAC(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org >http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/alac_atlarge-lists.icann.org > >At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org Regards, Spokesman for INEGroup LLA. - (Over 281k members/stakeholders strong!) "Obedience of the law is the greatest freedom" - Abraham Lincoln "Credit should go with the performance of duty and not with what is very often the accident of glory" - Theodore Roosevelt "If the probability be called P; the injury, L; and the burden, B; liability depends upon whether B is less than L multiplied by P: i.e., whether B is less than PL." United States v. Carroll Towing (159 F.2d 169 [2d Cir. 1947] =============================================================== Updated 1/26/04 CSO/DIR. Internet Network Eng. SR. Eng. Network data security IDNS. div. of Information Network Eng. INEG. INC. ABA member in good standing member ID 01257402 E-Mail jwkckid1(a)ix.netcom.com My Phone: 214-244-4827

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