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Aereo wins battle with big networks over right to stream TVonline

dominic — 2013-04-02T05:48:45

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/apr/01/aereo-battle-networks-tv-online 

Judge in New York rules that Aereo, which airs shows online without paying
fees to media firms, does not breach copyright
 Dominic Rushe in New York
 guardian.co.uk, Monday 1 April 2013 20.57 BST

Aereo, which is backed by Barry Diller (above), was launched in March 2012
in the New York area at a cost to subscribers of $12 a month. Photograph:
Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images

The media mogul turned internet baron Barry Diller won a significant battle
with broadcasters on Monday over his plans to deliver TV over the web.

By a vote of two to one, a federal appeals court rejected a request from big
media companies including Disney, CBS and News Corporation to halt Aereo, a
startup backed by Diller, from airing their shows over the internet.

Aereo subscribers pay $12 month to stream live broadcasts of TV channels on
mobile devices. The company, owned by Diller's IAC, does not pay fees to the
media companies whose programmes it redistributes. Aereo, which launched in
March 2012 in the New York area and plans to expand to 22 US cities, says
that because it assigns small antennae to each customer it is not in breach
of the law.

The company's critics were seeking an injunction, arguing that the service
is illegal. "This case is not about stifling new video distribution
technologies, but about stopping a company from violating our copyrights and
redistributing our television programming without permission or
compensation," the media firms said in a statement last year.

But the media owners have now lost on two separate occasions. On Monday the
court of appeals for the second circuit in New York ruled Monday that the
redistribution did not constitute "public performances," and copyright
lawsuits against the service were "not likely to prevail on the merits."

The court cited the case of Cablevision, which won the right to create a
cloud-based digital video recorder for its customers in 2008. But one
dissenting judge, Denny Chin, called Aereo's technology "a sham". Chin wrote
that the company was using a multitude of antennas in order to take
advantage of "a perceived loophole in the law."

"Today's decision from the second circuit court of appeals again validates
that Aereo's technology falls squarely within the law  and that's a great
thing for consumers, who want more choice and flexibility in how, when and
where they can watch television," said Chet Kanojia, Aereo CEO and founder
in a statement. "We may be a small start-up, but we've always believe in
standing up and fighting for our consumers."

The case is unlikely to stop here. Broadcasters including Fox and PBS said
they were considering their options. "The court has ruled that it is OK to
steal copyrighted material and retransmit it without compensation. While we
are disappointed with this decision, we have, and are, considering our
options to protect our programming," the group said in a statement.



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Cape Town TV White Spaces trial

SM — 2013-03-27T23:26:12

Hello,

Is there any technical information available about the Cape Town TV 
White Spaces trial?

Regards,
-sm


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Need help registering a .na domain

Gary Colman — 2013-02-13T18:07:03

Hi

Is anyone here a Namibian citizen/resident, or can assist in registering a
.na domain (for private use) ?


thanks,
    G
   Hi

   Is anyone here a Namibian citizen/resident, or can assist in
   registering a .na domain (for private use) ?

   thanks,

       G
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Voice spectrum swapped for LTE

Joe Botha — 2013-02-12T19:35:02

Hi!

I was wondering if anybody else is feeling my pain...?

http://www.swimgeek.com/blog/2013/02/12/what-if-the-emperor-had-no-spectrum/

Bad call quality. No (useful) response from Vodacom.

Reminder: COZA Legacy Policy changes

Calvin Browne — 2013-01-11T06:57:19

Hi all,

All the best for 2013.

Just a quick reminder about the legacy policy changes outlined at
https://www.registry.net.za/policyrollout/#LEGACYREGISTRAR .

These include a price increase, as well as other policies around billing.

Sincerely

--The COZA Team

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absa za spam

Daniel Schroder — 2012-12-12T10:34:56

  Noticing a lot of .za registered domains, as return addresses in the
spam,
  on checking, registered abroad emulating, absa email domains. Are
  we doing enough to effectively combat spam, considering we can't
  even maintain an opt out email list without it being leaked ?

  Daniel
     Noticing a lot of .za registered domains, as return addresses in the
   spam,
     on checking, registered abroad emulating, absa email domains. Are
     we doing enough to effectively combat spam, considering we can't
     even maintain an opt out email list without it being leaked ?
     Daniel
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ZA phone number allocations

Joe Botha — 2012-12-04T07:10:41

Hi!

Is there a whois style service for za phone numbers?

Just got an automated (spam) call from an 087 number.

0871350594

MWeb technical support number?

Graham Leggett — 2012-11-27T18:52:27

Hi all,

MWeb claims to have 24/7 technical support, but with a catch - they only publish the number 0860  000 158, which is only available to callers geographically within ZA, international callers are not welcome.

Does anyone have an ordinary 011/021/031(etc) phone number where you can raise someone at MWeb technical support?

Regards,
Graham
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UniForum SA DNS Training courses

Mark Elkins — 2012-11-23T07:26:10

UniForum SA (The ZACR - South African Central Registry) is pleased to
announce a DNS Introduction and DNS Advanced training course.

The DNS Introduction training course will be held from Mon-Wed 11-13
February, 2013 at Working Technologies IBM Training Centre, Gazelle
Close, Corporate Park in Midrand.

- and the -

DNS Advanced training course will be held from Mon-Thu 18-21 February,
2013 at Autumn Leaf IT, Unit 14, Old Dutch Square, cnr Old Paarl &
Bill Bezuidenhout, Bellville in CapeTown.

This may be the only Advanced course offered in the year in favour
of more frequent Intro courses.


The course will be presented by Johan Ihren from Netnod, Sweden and by
Mark Elkins from UniForum SA.

The registration page and further details are available at
http://dnstraining.coza.net.za

2 laughs for the week

Saul Stein — 2012-11-12T10:33:33

1) Reverse entry: 164.151.129.180.static.because.DUL.is.RFC.ignorant.gov.za

2) While unsubscribing from a list that I obviously never subscribed to: 
      XXX has been unsubscribed from Biz Trainer Cape Town.
      Please allow up to 21 days for un-subscription to take effect.
WOW 21 days?????


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ZaCon IV announcement

ZaCon Organisers — 2012-10-14T23:53:50

Hello IOZ,

Apologies if you've received multiple copies of this mail; such an
occurrences suggests strongly that not only are you well-read and
engaged, you're ridiculously good-looking to boot. Keep up the solid
work.

With subtle flattery out the way, it's our great pleasure to announce
ZaCon IV, the fourth edition of a security conference put on by the .za
security community. ZaCon is joyfully lowbrow; attending means giving up
a Saturday to sit on chairs designed to keep dozing students awake,
eating your own lunch and paying for your own coffee. Air conditioning
at the UJ venue, as attendees of years gone by can attest, has the same
delivery guarantee as IP.

However, what you get out is well worth it. An opportunity to see the
fruits of original local technical security research, a chance to
interact with like-minded individuals, and the prospect of helping
strengthen this burgeoning community. All for the low low price of
"free", while at the same time completely avoiding the messy issue of
sponsorship; the con is independent and unaffiliated and is devoid of
advertising. Are we wizards? Possibly.

Summary details follow below.

Friday 26 October: Social function on the Friday evening, venue TDB.
Saturday 27 October: Single track conference at University of Joburg.

A list of speakers is available at:

http://zacon.org.za/about.html

If you RSVP by Monday 22 October, you get a free badge too. (The math is
on your side: free con + free badge == you win)

Please respond to rsvp-hS07Zlgctpdyf+4FbqDuWQ< at >public.gmane.org should you wish to attend. Seating
is plentiful, but it helps us set expectations.

See you on the 27th (or 26th, if you're social).
--
ZaCon Organisers

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RIPE NCC now allocating IPv4 address space from the last /8netblock

Graham Beneke — 2012-09-15T09:13:09

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/09/europe-officially-runs-out-of-ipv4-addresses/

Europe officially runs out of IPv4 addresses

RIPE NCC now allocating IPv4 address space from the last /8 netblock

by Iljitsch van Beijnum - Sep 14, 2012 3:20 pm UTC

Earlier today, the RIPE NCC (Réseaux IP Européens Network Coordination
Centre) announced it is down to its last "/8" worth of IPv4 addresses.
This means that it is no longer possible to obtain new IPv4 addresses in
Europe, the former USSR, or the Middle East, with one small exception:
every network operator that is a "RIPE member" or "local Internet
registry" (LIR) can obtain one final block of 1024 IPv4 addresses. To
fulfill these requests, the RIPE NCC is keeping that last /8, which
contains 16.8 million addresses, in reserve. RIPE NCC

None of this comes as a surprise given that the global pool of free IPv4
addresses was emptied in February 2011. APNIC, which distributes IP
addresses in the Asia-Pacific region, ran out of IPv4 addresses in May
2011; it has been working under the "final /8" regime ever since. The
remaining three Regional Internet Registries are AfriNIC (Africa),
LACNIC (Latin America and the Caribbean), and ARIN (North America),
which all have enough IPv4 addresses to last at least two more years.

Since the depletion of IPv4 address space in the APNIC region, little
information has surfaced about how network operators in the region have
managed the situation. However, the lack of IPv4 addresses only impacts
organizations and consumers who need additional addresses, or who need
addresses for the first time. Existing IPv4 users remain unaffected, and
so the immediate impact is limited. Also, large network operators get
large address blocks from the RIRs and they typically have a pool of
unused addresses of their own, so few will be experiencing immediate
problems.

However, every year for the past five years, some 200 million new IPv4
addresses have been put into use. Without a steady supply of fresh
addresses, many Internet-related activities are going to become
problematic in the years to come. Fortunately, 20 years ago the Internet
Engineering Task Force (IETF) foresaw that the 3.7 billion addresses
afforded by the 32-bit IPv4 address space would become a problem, and
started working on a replacement: IPv6. But the IPv4 depletion didn't
happen as fast as the IETF originally predicted, and IPv6 adoption has
languished. But recently, IPv6 adoption got a big push in the form of
World IPv6 Launch. Eventually, IPv6 will replace IPv4, but the
transition won't be pretty.

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Registration of domains for the sole purpose of Spamming!

ZA Spam Spotters — 2012-09-04T12:44:23

Greetings Uniforum,

We have a question regarding domains that are registered, purely for
spamming.

For instance, all of the domains mentioned below are registered (but not
paid for) by the same registrant and ready for suspension as per your
schedule.

2a. Registrant: Expertmail

- carcoversa.co.za
 - get-carcover.co.za
- get-hospitalcover.co.za
- hospitalcovernow.co.za
- insurance-cover-options.co.za
- sa-life.co.za
- sa-lifeinsure.co.za
 - sa-life-insure.co.za

Their MX and WWW records all points to international ISPs. There are
various other domains that we have picked up using the exact same ammo.

Would it be possible for one to log a call with you, as the registrar, and
have these domains removed from the COZA Zone, and ban the registrant from
registering any additional domains?

2a. registrant             : ExpertmaiL
2b. registrantpostaladdress: Po Box 210, CPT,-, , , --
2c. registrantstreetaddress: Po Box 210, CPT
2j. registrantphone        : +27.218582244
2k. registrantfax          : +27.218582244
2l. registrantemail        : webmaster-3oyZJcHqDXIpGNB46FwVCw< at >public.gmane.org


The process seems to be

a) register a domain
b) spam
c) COZA suspension & deletion for non-payment
d) register a new domain and repeat

We are aware that you are changing the registration process to only
allow delegation
into the COZA zone after payment received, but given the low cost for a
domain, we are not sure it would help curb this particular problem.

Would it not be beneficial for you as the registrar to take a stronger
stance against this type of domain abuse? Do you have any legal grounds to
be able to do this and would you want to? It is all too easy to register a
domain with false details due to lack of verification.



We are CC'ing IOZ on this email as we believe this particular topic is
relevant to the Internet Community in South Africa.

Would it not be great if all South African ISPs & Hosting Providers come
together and say, block these spammers' web servers (hosted
internationally, since it's cheaper) & domains on their borders/mail
servers or just terminate their services? It is obvious that most of these
international based ISPs really do not care for whether their customers are
relaying spam or hosting the websites on their infrastructure.

Why can we as the ZA community not stand together on this issue? We seem to
be scared to hurt a spammer's feelings even though they are the ones
molesting your mailbox.


We posed that question to several ISPs and Mobile Providers via their
Facebook pages,and their PR guys came back with various answers. Thanks to
those that responded in our quick poll.

Vodacom had a whole different answer - "The company that handles Vodacom
spam filters is SPAMCOP which is one of the biggest spam filter companies
and the rules implemented are set to protect clients from receiving as well
as sending spam. These servers are upgraded by the SPAMCOP regularly."


We at ZASS will be spending our time and educate companies like Frank.NET (
http://www.sa-life-insure.co.za/) over their choice of online marketers and
just how leads are generated and so on. Social Media makes it easy these
days, so why not use it? Nothing else seems to be working!

South African Internet Service Providers simply must band together. It will
never work if ISP A, B, D blocks a spammer, but ISP C, E & F is not playing
along. Is this not a worthy cause for ISPs to work as one or will ISP
politics always.... of course do not forget the money angle since you might
be losing a customer. Money vs a client breaching the Acceptable Use Policy.

Maybe it is time to make use of a local RBL that would prevent ZA Spammer
to jump from one dsl provider/hosting provider to the next. This is
something we will be working on, with the help of some of local ISPs
available to all. We do not care for ISP politics.

Hopefully with POPI, the ZA Internet user will have a bit more power to
take on these companies. We are holding thumbs for ISPA and hope that the
court (http://tinyurl.com/c5b3hgp) will rule in their favour so that
companies like Ketler Presentations will think twice about wasting Internet
resources.


A slight detour there, but coming back to the original question. Uniforum,
anything you can do about these domains registered purely for spamming?


Yours in Anti Spamming!

The #ZASS Team
http://twitter.com/ZAS <http://goog_591692049>pamSPott<http://goog_591692049>
ers <http://twitter.com/ZASpamSpotters>
http:// <http://www.facebook.com/ZASpamSpotters>
www.facebook.com/ZASpamSpotters

---


#zass
   Greetings Uniforum,
   We have a question regarding domains that are registered, purely for
   spamming.
   For instance, all of the domains mentioned below are registered (but
   not paid for) by the same registrant and ready for suspension as per
   your schedule.
   2a. Registrant: Expertmail

   - [1]carcoversa.co.za
   - [2]get-carcover.co.za
   - [3]get-hospitalcover.co.za
   - [4]hospitalcovernow.co.za
   - [5]insurance-cover-options.co.za
   - [6]sa-life.co.za
   - [7]sa-lifeinsure.co.za
   - [8]sa-life-insure.co.za

   Their MX and WWW records all points to international ISPs. There are
   various other domains that we have picked up using the exact same ammo.
   Would it be possible for one to log a call with you, as the registrar,
   and have these domains removed from the COZA Zone, and ban the
   registrant from registering any additional domains?
2a. registrant             : ExpertmaiL
2b. registrantpostaladdress: Po Box 210, CPT,-, , , --
2c. registrantstreetaddress: Po Box 210, CPT
2j. registrantphone        : [9]+27.218582244
2k. registrantfax          : [10]+27.218582244
2l. registrantemail        : [11]webmaster-3oyZJcHqDXIpGNB46FwVCw< at >public.gmane.org

   The process seems to be
   a) register a domain
   b) spam
   c) COZA suspension & deletion for non-payment
   d) register a new domain and repeat
   We are aware that you are changing the registration process to only
   allow delegation into the COZA zone after payment received, but given
   the low cost for a domain, we are not sure it would help curb this
   particular problem.A
   Would it not be beneficial for you as the registrar to take a stronger
   stance against this type of domain abuse? Do you have any legal grounds
   to be able to do this and would you want to? It is all too easy to
   register a domain with false details due to lack of verification.
   We are CC'ing IOZ on this email as we believe this particular topic is
   relevant to the Internet Community in South Africa.
   Would it not be great if all South African ISPs & Hosting Providers
   come together and say, block these spammers' web servers (hosted
   internationally, since it's cheaper) & domains on their borders/mail
   servers or just terminate their services? It is obvious that most of
   these international based ISPs really do not care for whether their
   customers are relaying spam or hosting the websites on their
   infrastructure.
   Why can we as the ZA community not stand together on this issue? We
   seem to be scared to hurt a spammer's feelings even though they are the
   ones molesting your mailbox.
   We posed that question to several ISPs and Mobile Providers via their
   Facebook pages,and their PR guys came back with various answers. Thanks
   to those that responded in our quick poll.
   Vodacom had a whole different answer - "The company that handles
   Vodacom spam filters is SPAMCOP which is one of the biggest spam filter
   companies and the rules implemented are set to protect clients from
   receiving as well as sending spam. These servers are upgraded by the
   SPAMCOP regularly."
   We at ZASS will be spending our time and educate companies like
   Frank.NET ([12]http://www.sa-life-insure.co.za/) over their choice of
   online marketers and just how leads are generated and so on. Social
   Media makes it easy these days, so why not use it? Nothing else seems
   to be working!
   South African Internet Service Providers simply must band together. It
   will never work if ISP A, B, D blocks a spammer, but ISP C, E & F is
   not playing along. Is this not a worthy cause for ISPs to work as one
   or will ISP politics always.... of course do not forget the money angle
   since you might be losing a customer. Money vs a client breaching the
   Acceptable Use Policy.
   Maybe it is time to make use of a local RBL that would prevent ZA
   Spammer to jump from one dsl provider/hosting provider to the next.
   This is something we will be working on, with the help of some of local
   ISPs available to all. We do not care for ISP politics.
   Hopefully with POPI, the ZA Internet user will have a bit more power to
   take on these companies. We are holding thumbs for ISPA and hope that
   the court ([13]http://tinyurl.com/c5b3hgp) will rule in their favour so
   that companies like Ketler Presentations will think twice about wasting
   Internet resources.
   A slight detour there, but coming back to the original question.
   Uniforum, anything you can do about these domains registered purely for
   spamming?
   Yours in Anti Spamming!
   The #ZASS Team
   [14]http://twitter.com/ZAS[15]pamSPott[16]ers
   [17]http://www.facebook.com/ZASpamSpotters
   ---
   [A1fbGHjCMAAJrBV.png:large]
   #zass

References

   1. http://carcoversa.co.za/
   2. http://get-carcover.co.za/
   3. http://get-hospitalcover.co.za/
   4. http://hospitalcovernow.co.za/
   5. http://insurance-cover-options.co.za/
   6. http://sa-life.co.za/
   7. http://sa-lifeinsure.co.za/
   8. http://sa-life-insure.co.za/
   9. tel:%2B27.218582244
  10. tel:%2B27.218582244
  11. mailto:webmaster-3oyZJcHqDXIpGNB46FwVCw< at >public.gmane.org
  12. http://www.sa-life-insure.co.za/
  13. http://tinyurl.com/c5b3hgp
  14. http://goog_591692049/
  15. http://goog_591692049/
  16. http://twitter.com/ZASpamSpotters
  17. http://www.facebook.com/ZASpamSpotters
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iWeek 2012 -- Cape Town, September 10-14

Bretton Vine — 2012-08-27T10:46:12

Dear Delegate,

Time is running out to register for this year's iWeek conference, taking
place in Cape Town from September 10-14. For more information, please visit
http://www.iweek.org.za. Remember, iWeek 2012 is a free event, and most
sessions are open to any Internet industry professionals interested in
attending.

We'd like to highlight a number of industry workshops that are taking place
during the course of the week. Even if you are not personally attending
these events, please consider sending your staff to attend them:

Monday, 10 September (ZADNA/UniForum)
 - 16:00 - 16:45 : Central Registry and CO.ZA policy workshop

Tuesday, 11 September (ISOC-ZA)
 - 14:00 - 14:45 : Next Generation Internet
 - 14:45 - 15:40 : Internet Freedom in South Africa
 - 16:00 - 16:45 : SpamJam VII - Defending ISPA's Hall of Shame

Wednesday, 12 September (WAPA)
 - 16:00 - 16:45 : Wireless Installation Best Practices

Thursday, 13 September (ISPA)
 - 14:45 - 15:30 : Voice Fraud workshop
 - 16:00 - 16:45 : Broadband Terminology workshop

If you are interested in any of these topics, or you have colleagues who
might find them interesting, please register to attend on the iWeek web site.

Warm regards

(Tech) African Union(AU) Selects the Internet Society to Support Establishment of Internet Exchange Points across Africa

Bretton Vine — 2012-08-23T12:03:16

(Afrispa involvement seems long gone ...?)

African Union(AU) Selects the Internet Society to Support Establishment of
Internet Exchange Points across Africa
http://www.internetsociety.org/news/african-unionau-selects-internet-society-support-establishment-internet-exchange-points-across

Project includes 60 capacity building workshops in 30 countries

[Johannesburg, South Africa --23 August 2012] – The Internet Society today
announced that it has been selected by the African Union (AU) to conduct
community mobilization and technical aspects workshops to support the
establishment of Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) in AU Member States as part
of the African Internet Exchange System (AXIS) project.  The AXIS project
aims at keeping Africa’s Internet traffic local to the continent by
providing capacity building and technical assistance to facilitate the
establishment of National Internet Exchange Points and Regional Internet
Exchange Points in Africa. The project is funded by the Euro-Africa
Infrastructure Fund and the Government of Luxembourg.

The Internet Society is committed to organizing 60 community mobilization
and technical aspects workshops in 30 African countries.  To this effect,
the Internet Society will also contribute its own resources for the
implementation of this component of the AXIS project.

Currently, much of Africa’s Internet traffic is routed through Internet
exchange points external to the African continent.  As countries establish
their own IXPs, Internet traffic will be routed locally, creating a downward
pressure on costs and stimulating growth in and distribution of local
Internet content.  Through the AXIS project, the interests of the AU and the
Internet  Society, working with other African Internet organizations such as
AfriNIC, AfNOG and AftLD, will be realized in this collaborative effort to
assist in the development of a more locally operated and, hence, more robust
and economically accessible pan-African Internet.

Moctar Yedaly, Head of Information Society Division, African Union
Commission, commented, “Africa is paying overseas carriers to exchange
‘local’ (continental) traffic. This is both a costly as well as an
inefficient way of handling inter-country exchange of Internet traffic.
Independent analysis has shown that Africa pays over US$600 Million to
developed countries every year for inter-African traffic exchange that is
carried outside the continent. We are therefore pleased that the African
Internet Exchange System project will address this challenge by facilitating
optimization of Internet traffic to support intra-continental traffic flows
in Africa.”

Dawit Bekele, Internet Society Regional Bureau Director for Africa, stated,
“We are very excited to be selected by the African Union to support the
growth of IXPs throughout Africa.  We believe the AXIS project is extremely
important to the continued health of the Internet ecosystem in Africa, and
building the technical infrastructure and training the people to sustain it
are fundamental to extending the Internet in Africa. Partnering with the
African Union on the AXIS project is central to the Internet Society’s
mission to ensure the open development, evolution, and use of the Internet
for the benefit of people everywhere.”

The Internet Society has provided technical training in Africa since the
early 1990s, and supports the development of human and technical capacity to
build reliable and sustainable Internet infrastructure in Africa and around
the world.  The organization’s African Bureau was started in 2006. With 24
Chapters, the Internet Society African Bureau works to promote capacity
building and the responsible development of the Internet throughout Africa.
 Its principle focus is improving interconnection and traffic exchange
within the continent through the implementation of IXPs, network training,
and capacity building.

About the Internet Society
The Internet Society is the trusted independent source for Internet
information and thought leadership from around the world. With its
principled vision and substantial technological foundation, the Internet
Society promotes open dialogue on Internet policy, technology, and future
development among users, companies, governments, and other organizations.
Working with its members and Chapters around the world, the Internet Society
enables the continued evolution and growth of the Internet for everyone. For
more information, visit www.internetsociety.org.

About the African Union
The African Union has 54 Member States. The vision of the African Union is a
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NEW CO.ZA DOMAIN NAME POLICY ROLLOUT PLAN

Theo Kramer — 2012-08-08T13:19:34

With reference to: https://www.registry.net.za/policyrollout/

CO.ZA POLICY ROLLOUT PLAN NOTIFICATION: 8 AUGUST 2012

UniForum SA trading as the .ZA Central Registry (ZACR), in collaboration with the .ZA Domain Name Authority (ZADNA), would like to propose various policy amendments for the administration of the CO.ZA domain name space.  

These proposed policy amendments are divided into two categories, namely policies that apply to the EPP Registry System and those that apply to the CO.ZA Legacy Registrar System.
• Registry System: EPP Interface : http://www.registry.net.za
• Legacy Registrar System: SMTP Interface : http://www.coza.net.za

All affected stakeholders are invited to submit their comments to the ZACR via the web feedback form provided on the above link. All comments will be reviewed by a Policy Oversight Committee (POC) prior to the approval of a final policy implementation plan. The deadline for initial comments is 17h00 on 7 September 2012.

A policy discussion workshop has also been scheduled during this year’s iWeek conference in Cape Town. Stakeholders can participate in person or via the remote participation platforms provided by the organisers, further details of which will be posted on this page in due course.

Participants can also follow any updates to this process on Twitter < at >ZA_CR

UniForum DNS Training Courses

Mark Elkins — 2012-07-31T13:32:23

With just a couple of weeks to go - the free DNS Training courses that
UniForum SA offers are not yet full. Here is an opportunity to learn how
DNS works and if you already think you know your stuff, come on the
Advanced course and learn about DNSSEC.

Do you use TSIG when doing Zone Transfers? Do you run DNSSEC aware
resolvers? All part of what is taught in hands-on training.

The DNS Introduction training course will be held from 13th to 15th of
August 2012 at Autumn Leaf IT, Unit 14, Old Dutch Square, cnr Old
Paarl & Bill Bezuidenhout, Bellville in CapeTown.

- and the -

DNS Advanced training course will be held from 21st - 24th August 2012
at Working Technologies IBM Training Centre, Gazelle Close, Corporate
Park in Midrand.

The course will be presented by Johan Ihren from Netnod, Sweden and by
Mark Elkins from UniForum SA.

The registration page and further details are available at
http://dnstraining.coza.net.za

Social Engineering phone call

Charles Leaver — 2012-07-17T07:31:26

Hi,

Has anybody reading this mail received a phone call recently from somebody very Indian sounding who battles his way through a script which aims to get his target to do something sinister with their computer? I received such a phone call yesterday but unfortunately after one of my answers was too cocky he hung up.

I'd love to know firstly whether this is happening to a lot of people but maybe more importantly what he was going to end up trying to get me to do, and how.

Thanks :)

Cheers, Charles.
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# charles leaver
# nms engineer, internet solutions
# http://charlesleaver.com/charlesleaver.vcf
# this is not a signature. it is a duck. quack.

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Hi,
Has anybody reading this mail received a phone call recently from
somebody very Indian sounding who battles his way through a script
which aims to get his target to do something sinister with their
computer? I received such a phone call yesterday but unfortunately
after one of my answers was too cocky he hung up.
I'd love to know firstly whether this is happening to a lot of people
but maybe more importantly what he was going to end up trying to get me
to do, and how.
Thanks :)
Cheers, Charles.
--

# charles leaver

# nms engineer, internet solutions

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spam - getting involved ...

jc — 2012-06-28T18:22:15

"Parliament is considering a proposal made by one MP to amend the
definition of "consent" as this is currently set out in the Protection of
Personal Information Bill.

Why should you care? If the proposal goes through we will go backwards to
an opt-out system where you will be regarded as having consented to
receiving more communications if you fail to use the opt-out provided..."


http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/443841-Get-involved-in-fighting-S%20PAM-What-does-it-mean-to-consent


now is really a good time, to jump in, and make your voice heard...


j.



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(no subject)

Mark Elkins — 2012-06-08T11:54:52

UniForum SA is pleased to announce our DNS Introduction and DNS Advanced
training courses for August.

The DNS Introduction training course will be held from 13th to 15th of
August 2012 (three days) at Autumn Leaf IT, Unit 14, Old Dutch Square,
cnr Old Paarl & Bill Bezuidenhout, Bellville in CapeTown.

- and the -

DNS Advanced training course will be held from 21st - 24th August 2012
(four days) at Working Technologies IBM Training Centre, Gazelle Close,
Corporate Park in Midrand. 

The course will be presented by Johan Ihren from Netnod, Sweden and by
Mark Elkins from UniForum SA.

The registration page and further details are available at
http://dnstraining.coza.net.za

if you want to send spam via a mobile provider ...

jc — 2012-05-23T18:37:07

select the yellow one...

since nobody seems home at abuse-wv3Hvxz4paD3fQ9qLvQP4Q< at >public.gmane.org ...

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easier just to blackhole their ips...  right...


j.



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