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Google's announcement that its public DNS service now performs DNSSEC validation has been hailed as "a huge step forward for Internet security" by the Internet Society.

InternetNZ has announced that Wellington-based 'Internet Luminary' Keith Davidson has been elected to the 12 member board of the Internet Society (ISOC), having been co-chair of ISOC's Advisory Council for the past two years.

In April this year Ray Tomlinson was named one of the inaugural 'Pioneer' members of the Internet Society's new 'Hall of Fame' for "developing Arpanet's first application for network email," but credit for inventing email, in 1978 is being claimed by VA Shiva Ayyadurai who was just 14 at the time. And he is being backed up by no lesser luminary than renowned academic Noam Chomsky.

The Internet Society has launched Deploy360, a programme that aims to "provide real-world deployment information initially for IPv6 and DNSSEC and, over time, for additional Internet technologies."

The Internet Society (ISOC) is set to launch its new website later this year as part of a move which the society says marks the first phase of an ongoing process, including the release of its latest three year business strategy, to reach new audiences and further the message that, as a unique platform for innovation, creativity, and economic opportunity, the Internet makes the world a better place.

The UN's Human Rights Council is to examine Freedom of Expression on the Internet.

Rod Beckstrom, CEO and president of ICANN (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) has called on the world community to speak up in defence of "the multi-stakeholder model that has served as the 'catalyst for the Internet," and which ICANN embodies.
 

As with anything a scarcity of supply creates a potentially lucrative market - white, grey or black, and IPv4 addresses are no exception, with prices as high as $US11 being reported. ISOC however is urging that established guidelines for address transfers be followed.

The ITU has fired a second salvo in its war of words against the IETF over their split on standards for operation and management of MPLS networks, laying the blame squarely on the IETF.

The International Telecommunication Union (IT) has hit back at claims from the Internet Society (ISOC) that its decision to split from the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) on MPLS standards will jeopardise the integrity of the Internet.

The United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) has bowed to pressure from the Internet community and agreed to include non-government members in a working group set up to review Internet governance.

Global Internet bodies are incensed by a United Nations review of Internet governance that will be conducted solely by government representatives. They are urging people to sign a petition calling for a more widely representative review