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Biggest Fake Conference in Computer Science
by jimsimpson2＠hushmail.com 20 Apr '13

20 Apr '13

We are researchers from different parts of the world and conducted a study on the world’s biggest bogus computer science conference WORLDCOMP ( http://sites.google.com/site/worlddump1 ) organized by Prof. Hamid Arabnia from University of Georgia, USA. We submitted a fake paper to WORLDCOMP 2011 and again (the same paper with a modified title) to WORLDCOMP 2012. This paper had numerous fundamental mistakes. Sample statements from that paper include: (1). Binary logic is fuzzy logic and vice versa (2). Pascal developed fuzzy logic (3). Object oriented languages do not exhibit any polymorphism or inheritance (4). TCP and IP are synonyms and are part of OSI model (5). Distributed systems deal with only one computer (6). Laptop is an example for a super computer (7). Operating system is an example for computer hardware Also, our paper did not express any conceptual meaning. However, it was accepted both the times without any modifications (and without any reviews) and we were invited to submit the final paper and a payment of $500+ fee to present the paper. We decided to use the fee for better purposes than making Prof. Hamid Arabnia (Chairman of WORLDCOMP) rich. After that, we received few reminders from WORLDCOMP to pay the fee but we never responded. We MUST say that you should look at the above website if you have any thoughts to submit a paper to WORLDCOMP. DBLP and other indexing agencies have stopped indexing WORLDCOMP’s proceedings since 2011 due to its fakeness. See http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/conf/icai/index.html for of one of the conferences of WORLDCOMP and notice that there is no listing after 2010. See http://sites.google.com/site/dumpconf for comments from well-known researchers about WORLDCOMP. If WORLDCOMP is not fake then why did DBLP suddenly stopped listing the proceedings after? The status of your WORLDCOMP papers can be changed from “scientific” to “other” (i.e., junk or non-technical) at any time. See the comments http://www.mail-archive.com/tccc@lists.cs.columbia.edu/msg05168.html of a respected researcher on this. Better not to have a paper than having it in WORLDCOMP and spoil the resume and peace of mind forever! Our study revealed that WORLDCOMP is a money making business, using University of Georgia mask, for Prof. Hamid Arabnia. He is throwing out a small chunk of that money (around 20 dollars per paper published in WORLDCOMP’s proceedings) to his puppet (Mr. Ashu Solo or A.M.G. Solo) who publicizes WORLDCOMP and also defends it at various forums, using fake/anonymous names. The puppet uses fake names and defames other conferences to divert traffic to WORLDCOMP. He also makes anonymous phone calls and try to threaten the critiques of WORLDCOMP. That is, the puppet does all his best to get a maximum number of papers published at WORLDCOMP to get more money into his (and Prof. Hamid Arabnia’s) pockets. Monte Carlo Resort (the venue of WORLDCOMP until 2012) has refused to provide the venue for WORLDCOMP’13 because of the fears of their image being tarnished due to WORLDCOMP’s fraudulent activities. WORLDCOMP’13 will be held at a different resort. WORLDCOMP will not be held after 2013. The paper submission deadline for WORLDCOMP’13 was March 18 and it was extended to April 6 and now it is extended to April 20 (it may be extended again) but still there are no committee members, no reviewers, and there is no conference Chairman. The only contact details available on WORLDCOMP’s website is just an email address! Prof. Hamid Arabnia expends the deadline to get more papers (means, more registration fee into his pocket!). Let us make a direct request to Prof. Hamid arabnia: publish all reviews for all the papers (after blocking identifiable details) since 2000 conference. Reveal the names and affiliations of all the reviewers (for each year) and how many papers each reviewer had reviewed on average. We also request him to look at the Open Challenge at https://sites.google.com/site/moneycomp1 Sorry for posting to multiple lists. Spreading the word is the only way to stop this bogus conference. Please forward this message to other mailing lists and people. We are shocked with Prof. Hamid Arabnia and his puppet’s activities http://worldcomp-fake-bogus.blogspot.com Search Google using the keyword worldcomp fake for additional links.

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When did ns-v6.ripe.net become a CNAME?
by Chris Thompson 17 Apr '13

17 Apr '13

Can anyone say when ns-v6.ripe.net became a CNAME (target ns.ripe.net), which makes it a rather bad idea to have an NS record pointing to it? We (due credit: Tony Finch) have just discovered that some strange resolving glitches were due to 0.3.6.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa having such an NS record. The Janet NOC have been informed and hopefully will fix. -- Chris Thompson University of Cambridge Computing Service, Email: cet1(a)ucs.cam.ac.uk New Museums Site, Cambridge CB2 3QH, Phone: +44 1223 334715 United Kingdom.

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public consultation on root zone KSK rollover
by Joe Abley 03 Apr '13

03 Apr '13

Hi all, As advised a month or so ago, the following public comment period is open: http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/root-zone-consultation-08mar13-… We have received a small number of responses which are accessible from that page. The topic at hand and the specific questions that have been asked as part of the consultation are important ones; the decisions taken will have operational consequences to any user of the Internet who validates DNS responses with DNSSEC. If you have experience, opinions or expertise to contribute, it would be greatly appreciated. The window for being able to submit comments closes on 12 April 2013 at 23:59 UTC. Many thanks, Joe

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public consultation on root zone KSK rollover
by Joe Abley 03 Apr '13

03 Apr '13

Hi all, As advised a month or so ago, the following public comment period is open: http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/root-zone-consultation-08mar13-… We have received a small number of responses which are accessible from that page. The topic at hand and the specific questions that have been asked as part of the consultation are important ones; the decisions taken will have operational consequences to any user of the Internet who validates DNS responses with DNSSEC. If you have experience, opinions or expertise to contribute, it would be greatly appreciated. The window for being able to submit comments closes on 12 April 2013 at 23:59 UTC. Many thanks, Joe

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Ripe 66: Agenda Items sought
by Jaap Akkerhuis 20 Mar '13

20 Mar '13

All, It is that time of the year again. There will be a Ripe meeting in Dublin this time (<https://ripe66.ripe.net/>) and the DNS Working group is scheduled to meet Wednesday May 15th in the slots just before and after lunch. We are looking for agenda items. Given the discussions on various lists some subjects such as - DNSSEC validation experiences (Comcast, Google) - Root key rollover issues - (DNS) response rate issues - new gTLDs seem to have the interest of various people. So in case you want to share your experience with you colleges, do send us proposals for agenda items. Note the subjects in list above is are only examples. If there are other things to discuss, do send in a proposal. Remember, this your Working Group and you meeting, we are here only to serve you. jaap (stuckee for the agenda)

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DNS OARC Spring 2013 Workshop - Dublin, 12th/13th May
by Keith Mitchell 11 Mar '13

11 Mar '13

OARC's 2013 Spring Workshop will be held on Sunday 12th, and the morning of Monday 13th May 2013, in Dublin Ireland, at the same location as, and immediately prior to the RIPE66 meeting. Call for Presentations ----------------------- We are soliciting presentations in all areas of DNS-OARC's "Operations, Analysis, and Research" mission. Topics in the past have included DNSSEC deployment and troubleshooting, analyses of new threats, tools for improved operations, and research into stability and performance of large and complex DNS installations. This workshop continues OARC's tradition of having spring meetings include a strong operational component. Presentations from DNS operators are particularly welcome. We'll also gladly accept talks from DNS researchers, as well as any other DNS-related subjects. Please e-mail <submissions(a)dns-oarc.net> with a brief abstract of your proposed talk. ----------------------- OARC Workshops are open to OARC members, presenters, and to all other parties interested in DNS operations and research, subject to available space. Information on the venue and accommodation, with registration and other details to follow, are available at: https://www.dns-oarc.net/oarc/workshop-201305 We gratefully acknowledge the sponsorship of this meeting by IEDR (.ie). Keith Mitchell President, DNS-OARC

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public consultation on root zone KSK rollover
by Joe Abley 08 Mar '13

08 Mar '13

Hi all, The following ICANN public comment period opened today: http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/root-zone-consultation-08mar13-… Your responses to the questions presented above would be most welcome. Please feel very free to pass on the link to anybody you think might be interested in this topic. Joe

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FWD: Cosmetic Surgery Project: new revised document for Reverse Delegation Policy
by Peter Koch 14 Jan '13

14 Jan '13

Daer DNS WG, this announcement touches upon DNS business. -Peter ----- Forwarded message from Emilio Madaio <emadaio(a)ripe.net> ----- From: Emilio Madaio <emadaio(a)ripe.net> To: policy-announce(a)ripe.net, address-policy-wg(a)ripe.net Subject: [address-policy-wg] Cosmetic Surgery Project: new revised document for Reverse Delegation Policy Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:27:27 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.7; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130107 Thunderbird/17.0.2 Dear Colleagues, At the RIPE 59 Meeting in Lisbon, the RIPE NCC announced that it would undertake a project to improve the language of various RIPE Policy Documents, without changing their substance or meaning. This project is aimed at improving the clarity and readability of RIPE Documents. For more information, see: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/readability The last RIPE Policy Document to be revised was ripe-302, "Policy For Reverse Address Delegation of IPv4 and IPv6 Address Space in the RIPE NCC Service Region". The revised document is now available at: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-581/ An update on the current status of the Cosmetic Surgery Project and the next step of the project will be presented no later than the RIPE 66 Meeting in May. Regards Emilio Madaio Policy Development Officer RIPE NCC ----- End forwarded message -----

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New on RIPE Labs: Conclusions Drawn from Reverse DNS Event
by Mirjam Kuehne 21 Dec '12

21 Dec '12

Dear colleagues, On Wednesday 13 June 2012, an unknown error caused the removal of several zone files from the configuration of our reverse DNS provisioning system. Following up from the initial report published on RIPE Labs, we further analysed what caused the incident and implemented a number of procedures to decrease the likelihood of this happening in the future. Please see the report on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/dfk/conclusions-drawn-from-reverse-dns-event Kind regards, Mirjam Kuehne RIPE NCC

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New user mailing-list for Net::DNS
by Willem Toorop 18 Dec '12

18 Dec '12

[This message has been mailed to several lists, apologies for duplicates] Dear Perl DNS programmers, NLnet Labs has been maintaining the perl Net::DNS and Net::DNS::SEC packages for more then seven years. Traditionally people who wanted to discuss Net::DNS used RT at cpan or directly mailed the maintainer(s). While Net::DNS and Net::DNS::SEC are libraries that are supported by NLnet Labs, they also benefit from significant community contribution and collaboration. Until now, there was no official platform for Net::DNS users to talk to each other and share experiences. About time to set this up; ie. a mailing-list for Net::DNS users. If you use Net::DNS and Net::DNS::SEC and wish to discuss it with other users (and with us), please subscribe to our list on the webpage: https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/mailman/listinfo/net-dns-users or subscribe by sending an email to net-dns-users-request(a)nlnetlabs.nl with the word `subscribe' in the subject or body. Best regards, Willem Toorop

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