http://www.circleid.com/ Latest posts featured on CircleID en Copyright 2008, unless where otherwise noted. 2008-05-09T08:39:00-08:00 118 47 http://www.circleid.com/images/logo_rss.gif http://www.circleid.com/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/ipv4_shortage_trading_hot_goods/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/ipv4_shortage_trading_hot_goods/ More...]]> 2008-05-09T08:39:00-08:00 internetipv6ip addressing http://www.circleid.com/posts/85760_verisign_patent_sitefinder_resolution/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/85760_verisign_patent_sitefinder_resolution/ More...]]> 2008-05-07T18:52:00-08:00 internetdnslegal issues http://www.circleid.com/posts/coders_crackers_bots/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/coders_crackers_bots/ Stratfor with some commentary by myself... Many of the hackers described in my previous post are also coders, or "writers," who create viruses, worms, Trojans, bot protocols and other destructive "malware" tools used by hackers... More...]]> 2008-05-07T10:11:00-08:00 internetdnsanti-spamsecurity http://www.circleid.com/posts/black_hats_white_hats_crackers_bots/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/black_hats_white_hats_crackers_bots/ Stratfor. It's a global intelligence website and doesn't really have much to do with spam. But I like politics so I read it. They have some articles which you can get for free, but the better stuff you have to pay for. About two weeks ago, they ran a three-part series on Cyberwarfare. The first article was the title of this post, which you can access here (requires registration). In the article they described different types of cybercriminals and not-so-criminals which they referred to under the umbrella as "hackers." More...]]> 2008-05-07T09:45:00-08:00 internetdnsanti-spamsecurity http://www.circleid.com/posts/85780_sprints_deal_new_life_wimax/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/85780_sprints_deal_new_life_wimax/ More...]]> 2008-05-07T08:02:00-08:00 internetbroadbandinfrastructure http://www.circleid.com/posts/85520_700_mhz_update_verizon/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/85520_700_mhz_update_verizon/ IPDemocracy), Google filed a petition [PDF] asking that the Commission ensure that Verizon understands what those "open platform" requirements for the C Block really mean. Verizon has taken the position in the past that its own devices won't be subject to the "open applications" and "open handsets" requirements of the C Block rules, and Google says it is concerned that Verizon doesn't plan to follow those requirements in the future. This is big. Here's the background... More...]]> 2008-05-05T16:02:00-08:00 internetbroadbandnet neutrality http://www.circleid.com/posts/85410_jeremy_jaynes_more_chance/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/85410_jeremy_jaynes_more_chance/ discussed in more detail at the time the key questions were a) whether the Virginia law had First Amendment problems and b) whether Jaynes had standing to challenge it. The court answered No to b), thereby avoiding the need to answer a), the dissent answered Yes to both. More...]]> 2008-05-04T12:44:00-08:00 internetdnsanti-spam http://www.circleid.com/posts/85210_cira_whois_policy_privacy_access/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/85210_cira_whois_policy_privacy_access/ CIRA whois policy that is scheduled to take effect on June 10, 2008. The whois issue has attracted little public attention, yet it has been the subject of heated debate within the domain name community for many years. It revolves around the whois database, a publicly accessible, searchable list of domain name registrant information (as in "who is" the registrant of a particular domain name). More...]]> 2008-05-02T11:54:00-08:00 internetdnsprivacywhoispolicy regulation http://www.circleid.com/posts/ip_address_space_hijacked_spammers/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/ip_address_space_hijacked_spammers/ More...]]> 2008-04-30T11:28:00-08:00 internetdnsanti-spamip addressing http://www.circleid.com/posts/84308_colorado_new_spam_law/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/84308_colorado_new_spam_law/ a new anti-spam law [PDF] into effect. Since CAN SPAM draws a tight line around what states can do, this law is mostly interesting for the way that it pushes as firmly against that line as it can. Other observers have already done a legal analysis of the way it's worded to avoid being tossed out as the Oklahoma law was in Mummagraphics, and to make it as easy as possible for suits to meet the falsity or deception limits in CAN SPAM. To me the most interesting part of this law is its one-way fee recovery language... More...]]> 2008-04-30T10:29:00-08:00 internetdnsanti-spam http://www.circleid.com/posts/84293_fun_and_games_cctld_world/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/84293_fun_and_games_cctld_world/ ccTLD world at the moment. In the UK Nominet's Annual General Meeting (AGM) is being held this week. This would normally provoke a yawn from most people -- it's an AGM -- how exciting can that be? This year's AGM looks like it could be quite entertaining, although it probably isn't going to be particularly beneficial for its membership. More...]]> 2008-04-29T17:49:00-08:00 internetdnstop-level domains http://www.circleid.com/posts/84288_ipv6_hot_topic_again/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/84288_ipv6_hot_topic_again/ MENOG3 conference in Kuwait. With as many opinions as participants, I turned to "Google Trend" to help me get a better feel... Using IPv6 as search word and varying the time line indeed provided some interesting perspective and tidbits on when and where IPv6 seems to be or have been a hot topic indeed. More...]]> 2008-04-28T10:02:00-08:00 internetdnsipv6 http://www.circleid.com/posts/cooperative_domain_name_use/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/cooperative_domain_name_use/ cooperative solution to third-party use of brands in domain names. Like any approach that depends on cooperation, the solution will require both sides to change behavior but also allow both sides to take credit for the resulting benefits, i.e. a triangular solution. If not immediately addressed, the problem of third-party use can become a major threat to the industry. But we already know one thing: when it comes to this issue, legal action and bullying don't work. More...]]> 2008-04-26T12:25:00-08:00 internetdnscybersquattingdomaininglegal issuesregistrars http://www.circleid.com/posts/spam_turns_30/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/spam_turns_30/ More...]]> 2008-04-25T12:20:00-08:00 internetdnsanti-spam http://www.circleid.com/posts/arpa_org_and_uk_adopting_dnssec/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/arpa_org_and_uk_adopting_dnssec/ More...]]> 2008-04-25T12:02:00-08:00 internetdnsdnssec