Provided by CommunityDNS, the information in this post consists of news items in the security-based Internet community.

Iranians dodging government’s Internet crackdown

With the post-election demonstrations in Iran, Iranians are still able to get out on the net despite the country’s attempts to block general access and information sharing among members opposing the election results claimed by Ahmadinejad.

It is also worth re-sharing a News Bit that was posted in the CommunityDNS News Bits of May 1, 2009 that talkes about how Iranians are able to get around the state-imposed filters and the companies that support such efforts.

Tor is finding increased usage from users in Iran. Tor works to anonymize users, thus making it difficult for their session to be traced back the user’s owner.

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Sweden: IP numbers are personal… unless you’re a pirate

IP numbers should be considered personal information, as ruled by Sweden’s Supreme Administrative Court. The reasoning is IP numbers are routinely used to identify people accused of illegal file sharing. While issued to a computer, IP addresses are typically used to track illegal sessions to back to an individual.

Comment: How might the logic of this ruling deal with people who use PCs owned by other people or organizations, such as PCs found in Internet Cafes?

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EU calls for one world internet governance

As ICANN’s Joint Project Agreement, or JPA, approaches its end with the U.S.’ Department of Commerce, the EU Commission’s Viviane Reding reiterates her call for ICANN to be placed under international supervision.  This time it’s official.  Whereas the first call from Viviane Reding was her opinion, now the call comes from the EU Commission. ICANN should continue with day-to-day operations but should ultimately be accountable to the international community as a whole, not just to the U.S. government.

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GhostNet Cyber Espionage Probe Still Has Loose Ends

Information regarding the issue of GhostNet covering close to 1,300 computers over 103 country and regional institutions and agencies was first reported in the CommunityDNS News Bits back on March 30 of this year.

As disclosed at the security conference in Tallin, Estonia, not all of those identified with breached computers have not yet been notified.

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ISPs must help police snoop on internet under new bill

Working its way through the Canadian government are two bills designed to force ISPs to help law enforcement obtain data.

One of the bills will have ISPs install and maintain “intercept-capable” network equipment. ISPs are to also provide police, without a warrant, with timely access to subscribers’ personal information such as IP address, name and address.

The other bill is designed for ISPs to, among other things, preserve data, whether the information is sent or received via telephone or the Internet.

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