Quote of the Day: Mikko Hypponen

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via the F-Secure "news from the Lab" blog:

[snip]

Dear Domain Registrars,

I know you are ion the business of registering domain names for people who
need them.

However, are you sure you want to allow people to register any domain name?
Even when the name is obviously going to be used for phishing?

Like, say, somebody trying to register a .com domain with the words "ebay"
and "sign in" in it? Isn't it pretty obvious that something might be going
on here?

[snip]

More:
http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/#00001041


Hear, hear.

This is an outrageous problem and should be properly
addressed. Also, domain registrars need to STOP incentivizing
their customers to practice "domain tasting" -- the practice is
rife with abuse.

- - ferg

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"Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg(at)netzero.net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/


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