Archive for: February 2008
February 28, 2008
 On Sunday, 24 February 2008, in what was apparently a politically directed attempt to block YouTube, Pakistan Telecom started an unauthorized announcement of the prefix 208.65.153.0/24 – a YouTube IP – to divert local traffic away from the site. One of Pakistan Telecom’s upstream providers, PCCW Global forwarded this announcement to the rest of the Internet, which resulted in the hijacking of YouTube traffic on a global scale. The RIPE NCC Routing Information Service has published a detailed study on how this came to pass.
 On Feb 12 at the recent ICANN meet in New Delhi the Non-Commercial User Constituency and the At-Large Advisory Committee held a joint meeting. Summary minutes have been posted.
February 27, 2008
 The purpose of the Technology, Art, Movie and Micro-Business Incubator, Inc (the “TAMMIâ€) is to promote arts, culture, science, and technology in furtherance of social and economic development in the South Bronx and other economically disadvantaged areas of New York City. The TAMMI seeks to nurture creativity and innovation, stimulate creative enterprises, and celebrate the diverse heritage of New York City. The TAMMI intends to accomplish its purpose through education, training, and mentoring, providing resources, technical assistance, and strategic advice, and promoting events and programs to develop local opportunities and increase community awareness about issues relating to entrepreneurial pathways and opportunities in the creative technology industry.
February 26, 2008
 The Internet Society has posted the minutes from two meetings held during the recent ICANN event in New Delhi. At the first, the theme was ISOC involvement in ICANN. Topics included chapter involvement in constituencies, the midterm JPA review, and a possible At-Large summit in Paris.. At the second, chapters discussed ISOC’s membership structure and their involvement with OneWebDay, the IGF, and the proposed Internet Bill of Rights.
 ICANN’s 32nd International Public Meeting will be held 22 – 27 June 2008 in Paris, France. The meeting is free to attend, and open to any interested person. ICANN encourages broad participation in its bottom-up consensus-development processes. You can participate in these meetings in person, through the webcast or other remote participation opportunities, and/or by joining one of the various ICANN-related mailing lists.
February 22, 2008
 The IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) will hold IETF 71 in Philadelphia on March 9 – 14 2008.
The IETF has offered to waive the registration fee for a limited number of ISOC chapter members who otherwise could not attend. One such scholarship is available per chapter.
ISOC-NY is looking for a suitable candidate who could attend on our behalf. Please note that the meeting lasts 6 days and the attendee would have to cover his/her own costs of transport and accommodation. If desired, IETF will provide a mentor who can introduce him/her to the meeting process.
The schedule for IETF 71 can be found at www.ietf.org.
February 21, 2008
At the recent meeting in New Delhi the ICANN At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) formed a policy working group to focus on IPv6 migration issues.
In ALAC’s view, IPv4 will never be completely obsolete thus it is also important to work out compatibility issues between the two systems.
February 20, 2008
 NYC Wireless has announced a new hotspot – Jackson Park in northern Greenwich Village.
February 19, 2008
The first Internet Society of New York meeting of 2008 will be held on Tuesday February 19 from 7-9 pm at a new location:
NYU Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
251 Mercer Street (SW corner of West 4th) – Room 317 (Third Floor) (map)
Use the entrance on the West side since construction blocks the Mercer Street entrance.
Our meetings are free and open to the public. Please bring photo id.
February 12, 2008
 The Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS) is now underway in San Diego, California.
The NDSS, supported by the Internet Society, now in its 15th year, is one of the longest-running Internet security conferences on the calendar, drawing leading experts, researchers, and technologists from around the globe to share experience and analysis of security issues in networks and distributed systems.
February 8, 2008
 The NYC Broadband Advisory Council will hold the Queens edition of its public hearing series at LaGuardia Community College, 31-10 Thomson Avenue, Long Island City, N.Y. 11101 on March 3, 2008 from 1pm – 4pm.
February 7, 2008
As noted earlier, The Joint Project Agreement (JPA) between the United States government and ICANN will have a mid-term review in March. As part of this review, the US government put out a Notice of Inquiry asking for comments on the continued transition to the private sector.
ISOC has issued a draft statement that recommends, contrary to ICANN’s desire to complete the process forthwith, that the agreement be allowed to run its full course.
February 2, 2008
 StopBadware.org, the consumer protection initiative backed by the Berkman Center and the Oxford Internet Institute, today released an alert declaring RealPlayer to be badware.
The group found inadequate disclosure of advertising behavior on RealPlayer v. 10.5 and that RealPlayer v. 11 bundles an additional application without disclosure.
 The New York City FIRST Robotics Competition needs a few volunteers to select winning websites from among those created by FIRST high school teams. Its a great way to meet young rising stars.
Would you like to help out? If so, please get in touch.
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