Naming, Numbering and Addressing robertshaw.info references to telecommunications and Internet naming, numbering and addressing issues.  19 June 2002 Asia-Pacific Governments Role in Internationalized Domain Names The Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT), a regional intergovernmental telecommunication organization, in its preparation of common proposals to the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference in Marrakesh, Morocco, 23 September - 18 October 2002, includes a proposal from APT members concerning the Role of Member Administrations in the Management of Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) and Addresses (Word), which would include an instruction to the ITU Secretary-General to promote effectively the role of Member States in the internationalization of domain names and address of their respective languages.  5:30:06 PM    Google It!     New IPv6 Policy APNIC (clear winner of the RIR logo competition) has announced that a "common global IPv6 policy has now been accepted by consensus in all Regional Internet Registry (RIR) communities – APNIC, ARIN and RIPE NCC. This new global IPv6 policy will be implemented by all RIRs from 1 July 2002."  12:38:49 PM    Google It!     Cyberspace Security Plans According to this SecurityFocus article by Kevin Poulsen, an early draft of the White House's National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, envisions the same kind of mandatory customer data collection and retention by U.S. ISPs as was recently enacted in Europe. According to this Washington Post article, the plans will be released in late summer to be implemented through the new US Homeland Security Department. It's interesting to note that a US President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board, established under Executive Order 13231, and acting through the SANS Institute, asked a series of questions on cybersecurity, which included questions about securing "the traffic control systems of the internet (Domain Name Servers, Border Gateway Protocols)". Oddly, the latter falls under the heading National Level Institutions and Policies, which suggests somebody doesn't understand the "traffic control system of the Internet".  10:58:48 AM    Google It!     Applications for .org reassignment ICANN has posted a list of 11 applications received for .org reassignment [ICANN Announcements]  10:23:29 AM    Google It!

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