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Re: ICANN Approves Non-Latin Domain Name Characters
From: Dan Kaminsky <dan () doxpara com>
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:15:00 -0400
On Oct 31, 2009, at 11:12 AM, Rich Kulawiec <rsk () gsp org> wrote:
On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 06:34:31AM -0700, Paul Ferguson wrote:If nothing else, expanding the TLD space expands the abuse footprint. Further, expanding the TLD footprint in areas which are not clearly 'recognizable' by some applications, etc., will certainly have a tendency to be targets for abuse by criminals.Exactly. It seems very likely that (once again) the earliest and most prolific adopters are likely to be abusers and scammers. I'm sure they applauded this latest bonehead move by ICANN and are already gearing up to take advantage of it. I'm equally sure that all the registrars will be quite happy to make the cash registers go ka-ching without performing even the slightest due diligence. And afterwards, there will be (perhaps) the usual wringing of hands and use of the key phrase which exonerates all, "No one could have foreseen...".
Forseen what? Oh, no, a few more TLD's might show up. That doesn't mean more or less people to deal with necessarily. Is someone besides CNNIC going to own .cn? Because that's the only context in which this fear might make sense: 'Great, a new open TLD operator who won't be responsive to takedown requests.' Do we have any signs that this might happen? Note we're already somewhat past the point of no return already with TLD operators already, just with country codes. Was it 'boneheaded' to allow countries into DNS?
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- ICANN Approves Non-Latin Domain Name Characters Larry Seltzer (Oct 31)
- Re: ICANN Approves Non-Latin Domain Name Characters Dan Kaminsky (Oct 31)
- Re: ICANN Approves Non-Latin Domain Name Characters Paul Ferguson (Oct 31)
- Re: ICANN Approves Non-Latin Domain Name Characters Larry Seltzer (Oct 31)
- Re: ICANN Approves Non-Latin Domain Name Characters Larry Seltzer (Oct 31)
- Re: ICANN Approves Non-Latin Domain Name Characters Dan Kaminsky (Oct 31)
- Re: ICANN Approves Non-Latin Domain Name Characters chris (Nov 01)
- Re: ICANN Approves Non-Latin Domain Name Characters Larry Seltzer (Oct 31)
- Re: ICANN Approves Non-Latin Domain Name Characters Dan Kaminsky (Oct 31)
- Re: ICANN Approves Non-Latin Domain Name Characters Buhrmaster, Gary (Oct 31)
- Re: ICANN Approves Non-Latin Domain Name Characters Rich Kulawiec (Oct 31)
- Re: ICANN Approves Non-Latin Domain Name Characters Dan Kaminsky (Oct 31)
- Re: ICANN Approves Non-Latin Domain Name Characters Rich Kulawiec (Oct 31)
- Re: ICANN Approves Non-Latin Domain Name Characters Florian Weimer (Nov 02)
- Re: ICANN Approves Non-Latin Domain Name Characters Valdis . Kletnieks (Nov 02)
- Re: ICANN Approves Non-Latin Domain Name Characters Dan Kaminsky (Nov 02)
- Re: ICANN Approves Non-Latin Domain Name Characters Valdis . Kletnieks (Nov 02)
- Re: ICANN Approves Non-Latin Domain Name Characters Rich Kulawiec (Nov 04)
- Re: ICANN Approves Non-Latin Domain Name Characters Dan Kaminsky (Oct 31)
- Re: ICANN Approves Non-Latin Domain Name Characters Larry Seltzer (Oct 31)