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

[info at dnsportugal.com]

Dear Frank

I was not trying to make any moral assumption here. My point was just that 
this was pretty much like winning the lottery for these small Pacific 
countries. I don't think why someone could now be complaining about the 
dark side of it.

I do realize the financial impact of the domain name business for these 
communities and that they might not have cut a great deal and that the real 
winners were the companies running the registries. 

Besides (and through) increased awareness and education ICANN, ISOC 
and ITU should also help these people getting a better control over their 
ccTLD.

After all if a inherited a business and hired someone to run it for me, i would 
expect not only to have a fair share of the profit but also that it would be run 
in an ethical way. 

Rui Bebiano
On 4 Apr 2007 at 4:51, Franck Martin wrote:

> 
> 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=MiddleMi
>     ddle/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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> Franck Martin
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