Domain Names

Media publications

• The Register - Cracking down on cyberspace land grabs - Reports on an IP-block hijacking when "Los Angeles County had been hit by a growing type of hi-tech fraud, in which large, and usually dormant, segments of the Internet's address space are taken away from their registered users through an elaborate shell game of forged letters, ephemeral domain names and anonymous corporate fronts." (Published 2003.06.11)

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers URL: http://www.icann.org/ ODP description: responsibility for the IP address space allocation, protocol parameter assignment, domain name system management, and root server system management functions now performed under U.S. Government contract by IANA and other entities. Page title: ICANN - Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers Page description: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

Domains Reregistered for Distribution of Unrelated Content - A Case Study of "Tina's Free Live Webcam" URL: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/edelman/renewals/ ODP description: Research documenting 4525 domains registered by 'Tina's Free Live Webcam.' Each domain was previously used by another registrant, and Tina seems to have specifically sought to re-register the domains as they became available. Includes a discussion of the scope of this problem, policy implications, and possible solutions. Page title: Domains Reregistered for Distribution of Unrelated Content - A Case Study of "Tina's Free Live Webcam" Page description: Research documenting 4525 domains registered by 'Tina's Free Live Webcam.' Each domain was previously used by another registrant, and Tina seems to have specifically sought to re-register the domains as they became available. Includes a discussion of the scope of this problem, policy implications, and possible solutions.