http://www.circleid.com/ Latest related postings on CircleID en Copyright 2008, unless where otherwise noted. 2008-08-08T10:43:00-08:00 130 45 http://www.circleid.com/images/logo_rss.gif http://www.circleid.com/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/aclu_anti_spam_laws_and_the_first_amendment/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/aclu_anti_spam_laws_and_the_first_amendment/ an article published by the Technology Liberation Front, Cato Institute adjunct scholar Tim Lee dissects a recent argument by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) regarding free speech & anti-spam laws. It's been interesting to watch the ACLU wrestle with anti-spam legislation. Their entire purpose is to work through the legal system to protect our civil rights, as defined in the First Amendment -- which is why I've been a card-carrying member since before I was old enough to vote... More...]]> 2008-08-08T10:43:00-08:00 internetlawpolicy_regulationspam http://www.circleid.com/posts/88894_blocking_metering_broadband_false_choice/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/88894_blocking_metering_broadband_false_choice/ recent FCC ruling against Comcast, it is a "false choice" to believe that "because application blocking is out of bounds, providers now will be forced to use some type of 'metering' to control network congestion." In other words, if ISPs are not allowed to block applications, then usage-based pricing is NOT their only other viable option, asserts Turner. More...]]> 2008-08-08T09:40:00-08:00 internetaccess_providersbroadbandnet_neutrality http://www.circleid.com/posts/meet_the_feds_recruiting_hackers/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/meet_the_feds_recruiting_hackers/ More...]]> 2008-08-07T16:29:00-08:00 internetsecurity http://www.circleid.com/posts/88734_domainpeople_launches_pro_domain_reservation/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/88734_domainpeople_launches_pro_domain_reservation/ More...]]> 2008-08-07T15:41:00-08:00 internetdomain_namestop_level_domains http://www.circleid.com/posts/csis_cyber_security_commission/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/csis_cyber_security_commission/ Commission on Cyber Security for the 44th Presidency," established by Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), sought input from the security community as part of their mandate to "develop recommendations for a comprehensive strategy to improve cyber security in federal systems and in critical infrastructure". More...]]> 2008-08-07T15:14:00-08:00 internetcyberattackinternet_governancesecurity http://www.circleid.com/posts/88715_technologists_vs_marketers/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/88715_technologists_vs_marketers/ wants to redefine long-standardized terms such as "header" and "message." More...]]> 2008-08-07T13:49:00-08:00 internetspam http://www.circleid.com/posts/88712_icann_manage_dns_root_zone/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/88712_icann_manage_dns_root_zone/ letter, the US Department of Commerce NTIA strongly denied being engaged in discussions about a "root zone transition" from VeriSign to ICANN. The community, ICANN President Strategic Committee (PSC), and perhaps ICANN and IANA staff are suddenly informed that no transition of root zone management is going to occur. What happened? With the touted ICANN transparency and accountability principles, why such a shift in (perceived) ICANN strategic directions coming from its overseeing government department? More...]]> 2008-08-07T12:16:00-08:00 internetdnsinternet_governance http://www.circleid.com/posts/88711_spam_kings/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/88711_spam_kings/ gave Jeff Slaton the name "Spam King." Less than a year later, Sanford Wallace earned the title -- and soon had to share it (and his upstream provider) with Walt Rines. Others have come and gone; Sanford and Walt reappear every few years, together or separately, only to be sued away again... it seems as if any spammer noticed by law enforcement is immediately crowned "the Spam King," even when there are multiple such crownings happening at the same time. More...]]> 2008-08-07T11:42:00-08:00 internetlawspam http://www.circleid.com/posts/ipv6_considered_a_problem/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/ipv6_considered_a_problem/ Google Blog Search Alert looking for posts over IPv6 in my RSS reader. What strikes me is the number of posts explaining how to disable IPv6 in Windows Vista, MacOSX, Ubuntu and other flavours of Linux. It looks like disabling IPv6 makes web browsing faster for a lot of people, independently of which operating system is being used. More...]]> 2008-08-07T11:18:00-08:00 internetipv6 http://www.circleid.com/posts/88710_org_ncuc_internationalized_domain_names/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/88710_org_ncuc_internationalized_domain_names/ More...]]> 2008-08-07T10:00:00-08:00 internetdomain_namesdomain_registriesmultilinguismpolicy_regulationtop_level_domains http://www.circleid.com/posts/icann_dns_domain_testing_tool/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/icann_dns_domain_testing_tool/ FAQ and a web based domain testing tool. From ICANN's announcement: "Due to the distributed nature of the DNS, no one organization can implement a fix for this vulnerability. It requires the cooperation of all name server operators and DNS software vendors. However, ICANN sees an important goal in spreading awareness of the need to update Internet infrastructure to cope with the threat. The organization has been undertaking significant outreach efforts to top-level domain operators to advise them on the issue." More...]]> 2008-08-07T09:43:00-08:00 internetdnsdomain_namesdomain_registriessecurity http://www.circleid.com/posts/88613_daily_search_usage_reaching_email/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/88613_daily_search_usage_reaching_email/ More...]]> 2008-08-06T22:39:00-08:00 internetweb http://www.circleid.com/posts/88670_kaminsky_dns_bug_disclosure/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/88670_kaminsky_dns_bug_disclosure/ More...]]> 2008-08-06T19:06:00-08:00 internetdnssecurity http://www.circleid.com/posts/88661_email_portability_dkim_socio_political_implications/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/88661_email_portability_dkim_socio_political_implications/ More...]]> 2008-08-06T18:11:00-08:00 internetlawpolicy_regulation http://www.circleid.com/posts/88664_internet_companies_code_of_conduct_china/ http://www.circleid.com/posts/88664_internet_companies_code_of_conduct_china/ More...]]> 2008-08-06T06:53:00-08:00 internetcensorshipinternet_governanceweb