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  1. Threat Analysis of ITU’s WCIT (Part 1): Historical context bit.ly/KiNSSc
  2. @bortzmeyer thx for feedback on comment system, we're experimenting w/it, and will try to improve or replace
  3. Public interest groups demand a role in telecom treaty negotiations bit.ly/KU96GU
  4. Application of role-based authorization to IP addressing from @ciscosecurity (whitepaper) is.gd/B6hLG5
  5. New policy proposal for transfers of IPv4 address space between LIRs of different Regional Internet Registries is.gd/WpTci8
  6. If you build it, they will come. bit.ly/LGyIJg
  7. In asking "Does the Internet Need a Global Regulator?" Adam Thierer debunks USG's "multistakeholderism" position onforb.es/IRsUNA
  8. Accountability under the Affirmation of Commitments bit.ly/J7YunY
  9. IP-Watch: Diplomatic Arm-Wrestling Over Scope Of International Telecommunication Regulations Treaty bit.ly/IE8CR4
  10. MacKinnon’s Consent of the Networked: A call for political innovation bit.ly/ILiMBL
  11. ONI 2011 Year in Review covers top filtering, surveillance, and information warfare around the globe bit.ly/Jv7S6k
  12. 100.64.0.0/10 allocated per RFC6598 as shared address space to accommodate Carrier-Grade NAT (CGN) devices bit.ly/I2O6tD
  13. “Feeble” governance? The push to discredit multistakeholder institutions bit.ly/JeCELT
  14. DoC posts new IANA Solicitation is.gd/dwCSkB
  15. New article from TU Delft colleague Andreas Schmidt on organization of Internet security production bit.ly/I2jasN