[At-Large] Web security and domain names in the Pacific

[Franck Martin]

Well dot nu is a very very special case, but for the other countries,
notably the most famous, like dot tv, I would strongly defend them the right
to do money out of their ccTLD. Tuvalu is a country of 10,000 people on 9
atolls. The revenue from the dot TV is about 10 to 15% of their national
budget. Their would be dire consequence if this revenue stream was finished.

The problem in general with all the ccTLD in Pacific Islands, was that the
governments and the people did not know anything about ccTLD and the
Internet when contracts got signed. We need more awareness and education, a
function that ICANN is trying to fulfill via ISOC educational program, but
which is nothing in comparison to say ITU Internet workshops.

On 4/4/07, info at dnsportugal.com <info at dnsportugal.com> wrote:
>
> 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=MiddleMiddle/f
> >
> ocusModuleID=130/focusContentID=8325/tableName=mediaRelease/overideSkinName=newsArt
> > icle-full.tpl
> > --
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> > Franck Martin
> > franck.martin at gmail.com
> > "Toute connaissance est une réponse à une question"
> > G. Bachelard
> >
> >
>
>
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