On Oct 1 2008 Infoblox will present DNS expert Cricket Liu at the Microsoft Conference Center in an interactive discussion on the very latest information about recently discovered flaws in DNS software, plus a session on best practices architecture for DNS and DHCP, specifically for Microsoft environments. Cost free. Breakfast & lunch included.
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Internet Safety Awareness seminar – Brooklyn – 9/23/08
On Sept. 23 at 7 p.m., PS 40, 265 Ralph Avenue [map], DA Charles Hynes and Council Member Darlene Mealy will be talking about internet safety awareness
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Vint Cerf on the Future of the Internet, and more
Vint Cerf talks about the Future of the Internet in a a message sent to the participants at the 1st Regional ccTLD conference in Sofia, Bulgaria
Tim Berners-Lee unveils World Wide Web Foundation
Tim Berners-Lee has announced the formation of the World Wide Web Foundation, a new group awarded a $5m seed grant to advance the web and increase its openness.
“The mission of the Foundation is to advance a web that is free and open, to expand the web’s capability and robustness and to extend the web’s capabilities to all people on the planet,” Berners-Lee said at the launch of the group in Washington.
The Foundation is backed by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, which pledged the $5m grant over a five-year period.
Senate Hearing – Why Broadband Matters – 9/16/08
On Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at 10:30 AM (EST) The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation will receive testimony regarding the consumer benefits of broadband service in areas such as education, job opportunities, telemedicine, and access to government resources. link
See https://isoc-ny.org/?p=409 for webcast
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idealist.org interviews NYCwireless
In its latest Community podcast idealist.org interviews Dana Spiegel and Laura Forlano from NYCwireless to hear more about their mission and projects. They look at how NYCwireless is working to bring the internet to everyone in New York City, both in and outside of their apartments. By “lighting up” public parks with free wi-fi access, the organization is helping New Yorkers to connect outdoors–and encouraging a new community of users while they’re at it. They also explore the challenges they face as they strive to make internet access an accepted public service.
ISOC-NY monthly meeting – Aug 14 2008
ISOC-NY’s next monthly meeting will be held on August 14 2008 at NYU.
- Date: Thursday, Aug 14, 2008
- Time 7pm – 9pm
- Location: Room 317, 251 Mercer Street NYC (SW corner of West 4th)
- Note: Use the entrance on the west side since construction blocks the Mercer Street entrance. Must bring photo ID.
ICANN releases FAQ, tools, and patch for Cache Poisoning Issue
ICANN is raising awareness of a recently discovered vulnerability in the domain name system (DNS). This includes releasing an FAQ and an online tool for domain operators to test their domains.
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. It has also prepared an FAQ and online domain testing tool to raise awareness of the problem, and to encourage network operators to rectify or update their servers.
Video of NYC Broadband briefing
Diamond Consultants was hired by the New York City Economic Development
Corporation to determine the breadth of the digital divide in New York City
and develop programs and initiatives to provide greater digital inclusion for
all residents. Chris O’Brien, a Partner in Diamond’s Public Sector practice,
detailed Diamond’s findings – and its recommendations for the City’s next
steps – to the NYC Broadband Advisory Committee at City Hall on July 30 2008.
Afterwards members of the Committee and the public made comments.
ISOC-NY becomes ICANN At-Large Structure
ISOC-NY is happy to announce we have been accepted as an At-Large Structure (ALS) in ICANN’s North American At-Large Community (NARALO). This, along with our longstanding membership of the Non Commercial Users Constituency (NCUC), will allow for even greater involvement in the vital issues of internet governance.
Members, and others, who are interested in such matters should join our ICANN Special Interest Group.
NYC Broadband report presentation Wednesday
On Wednesday, July 30th at 11:00am there will be a briefing from the Mayor’s Office and Diamond Consultants for the Broadband Advisory Committee regarding the Bloomberg Administration’s plans for bridging the digital divide in New York City.
Diamond Consultants was hired by the New York City Economic Development Corporation to determine the breadth of the digital divide in New York City and develop programs and initiatives to provide greater digital inclusion for all residents. Chris O’Brien, a Partner in Diamond’s Public Sector practice, will be detailing Diamond’s findings and its recommendations for the City’s next steps.
New! ISOC member news via RSS
ISOC has, for some time, published a monthly newsletter for members. It contains info on chapter activities and other items of interest. Now an rss feed has been established through which news items will be available as they come in. Subscribe at http://www.isoc.org/tools/blogs/membernews/.
Netroots Nation 2008 underway
Netroots Nation2008 is being held in Austin TX July 17-19 2008. This conference, in its 3rd year, brings together progressive activists, representatives from progressive organizations, elected officials, candidates for office, and bloggers from all over the world to discuss ways and means of online activism.
- Agenda
- Speakers
- Webcast
- Twitter stream
- Daily Kos Blog roundup
FTC issues report on phishing
The Federal Trade Commission today released a staff report on a Roundtable Discussion on Phishing Education that it hosted in April. Approximately 60 experts from business, government, the technology sector, the consumer advocacy community, and academia met at the FTC to discuss strategies for outreach to consumers about avoiding phishing.
“Participants indicated that the best anti-phishing messages are behavioral rather than technical,” the report states. Evaluating whom to trust on the Internet can help prevent users from becoming victims.
Cerf, Zittrain & Lessig talk @ Google
Back in March, introduced by Vint Cerf, Jonathan Zittrain and Larry Lessig gave a talk at Google’s Washington DC offices. Google has, possibly encouraged by its Viacom harassment, just posted the video up on YouTube. About 58 minutes in, after Zittrain has given his book synopsis – with which I trust we are all now familiar, Lessig, drawing on earlier ‘Z theory’, gets into the meat of exactly the privacy issues recently highlighted by Viacom’s actions.