Welcome to the summer edition of Nominet News. As you will see, we have made a few changes, with topical articles from industry commentators as well as an update on Nominet’s latest news. We are interested to hear what you think of the new look newsletter, and if there is anything else you would like to see. Follow the link (right) to have your say in the reader poll.

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By Paul Gartside, McAfee Inc

Phishing attacks use both social engineering and technical subterfuge to steal consumers’ personal identity data and financial account credentials. Social engineering involves schemes using spoofed e-mails to lead consumers to counterfeit websites that are designed to trick recipients into divulging personal and financial data.

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By David Taylor, Lovells

On April 7, 2006, the .EU Top-level Domain (TLD) opened for general registration to all businesses and individuals within the 25 member states of the European Union. This is the most heavily regulated TLD ever introduced, governed by EC Regulations, Rules and Policies.

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By Lesley Cowley, Nominet

The latest ICANN meeting, held 26-30 June in Marrakech, highlighted a number of current issues including the closer co-operation between ICANN and country code domain name registries such as ourselves. The other main issues of the week, in my opinion, were as follows.

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3 July 2006, Oxford, UK – Nominet, the .uk domain name registry, and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today announced two major steps towards closer co-operation.

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14 June 2006, Oxford, UK - The “forward-thinking” Chief Executive of Oxford based domain name registry Nominet has won a special commendation at the finals of the Working Families/Lloyds TSB Best Boss competition. Lesley Cowley was nominated by Receptionist Jane Jones, who described Lesley as “a lovely boss”, who encourages flexible working where practicable and gives paid time off for family emergencies.

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24 May 2006, Oxford, UK – Nominet, the .uk domain name registry, is celebrating reaching the five million mark for .uk domain name registrations. The landmark registration, Hosepipebanbuster.co.uk, was registered by Watermatics Ltd, an irrigation company based in Hertfordshire.

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22 May 2006, Oxford, UK – Emily Taylor, Director of Legal and Policy at Nominet, the .uk domain name registry, has been appointed by the United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan, to serve on the Advisory Group for the Internet Governance Forum (IGF).

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