I simpathized to your concerns. I will have to note though, that this is the downsize of the "quick money" some of those states made from relinquishing their control over their own ccTLDs. I think that they should also put pressure on their governments to review the policies under which domains are registered. Take this as an example: since "nu" is the Portuguese word for "naked" it would be appealling for a portuguese or bazilian adult webmaster to register verymaliciousname.nu and hosted in the US. This is, of course, not to say that the study is obvioulsly narrow-minded and has a poor choose of wording. Rui Bebiano On 3 Apr 2007 at 12:41, Franck Martin wrote:
SUVA, FIJI ---- Leading Pacific ICT professionals have condemned recent reports that the region is a major source of Internet porn and online threats.
A number of members of the Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society (PICISOC) expressed disappointment over poor standards of reporting by Michael Field in his article "Pacific atolls host world's most dangerous websites", released last month by Fairfax Media, New Zealand.
The article was based on a recent study carried out by United States (US) Internet security company, McAfee, which assessed and rated online safety risks of 265 countries' top-level domains (TLDs), among others.
"It is unfortunate that this important study has been so drastically misinterpreted and poorly reported," says PICISOC Chair, Rajnesh Dhirendra Singh.
"We are particularly concerned with repercussions such a story may have on the development of ICTs in the region, and the international, regional and national perceptions of Internet use and content delivery in the Pacific."
[...] For the full article: http://www.islandsbusiness.com/news/index_dynamic/containerNameToReplace=Mid... ocusModuleID=130/focusContentID=8325/tableName=mediaRelease/overideSkinName=newsArt icle-full.tpl -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Franck Martin franck.martin@gmail.com "Toute connaissance est une réponse à une question" G. Bachelard