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News about Internet Society

• Telstra joins global push for ISP cyber security safeguards

  The principles were found to be “successful in preventing malicious activities”

• Budget 2015: Gap in govt funding for data retention criticised

  Shortfall in funding will be passed on to consumers, Internet Society warns

• Obama fails to address NSA encryption-defeating methods, backdoors

  The president's speech focuses more on a telephone records collection program than on the Internet, critics say

• Internet infrastructure groups move away from US gov't over spying

  ICANN and other groups call for an accelerated globalization of Internet domain name functions after NSA surveillance leaks

• Nominations open for Internet Hall of Fame Class of 2014

• Internet Society urges transparency in intellectual property discussions

  The nonprofit group proposed a set of principles aimed at improving IP discussions

Features about Internet Society

• The clock is ticking: Give IPv6 a test drive

  The Internet is running out of IPv4 addresses. Prepare for World IPv6 Day, a big test for the Internet routing technology