[UA-discuss] Blue Coat's Web's Shadiest Neighborhoods and implications on TLD acceptance

Jordyn Buchanan jordyn at google.com
Wed Sep 16 20:41:02 UTC 2015


Relevant follow-up coverage (which doesn't exactly make sense):

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/04/us-internet-security-domains-idUSKCN0R41U320150904

Jordyn

On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 1:37 PM, Ram Mohan <rmohan at afilias.info> wrote:

> BlueCoat’s methodology is discussed in some security group mailing lists.
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> My understanding is that in the case of .zip, there were instances of
> <file>.pdf.zip which allowed for drive-bys, malware etc. regardless of the
> state of name registration.
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> -ram
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> *From:* Jennifer Gore Standiford [mailto:JStandiford at web.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 16, 2015 4:32 PM
> *To:* Ram Mohan <rmohan at afilias.info>
> *Cc:* UA-discuss at icann.org
> *Subject:* RE: [UA-discuss] Blue Coat's Web's Shadiest Neighborhoods and
> implications on TLD acceptance
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> Ram and UA Members,
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> Have we requested or received any of the underlying data that supports the
> stats outlined in the BlueCoat report? I wonder why the .zip extension was
> referenced as a ‘shady’  considering it hasn’t launched yet.
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> Thanks,
> Jennifer
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> *Jennifer Gore Standiford*
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> Policy Director
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> Web.com
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> 12808 Gran Bay Parkway, West  |  Jacksonville, FL 32258
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> Office: 904. 680-6919| Cell: 904. 401-4347
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> *From:* ua-discuss-bounces at icann.org [mailto:ua-discuss-bounces at icann.org
> <ua-discuss-bounces at icann.org>] *On Behalf Of *Ram Mohan
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 16, 2015 1:43 PM
> *To:* UA-discuss at icann.org
> *Subject:* [UA-discuss] Blue Coat's Web's Shadiest Neighborhoods and
> implications on TLD acceptance
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> Folks,
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> BlueCoat <https://www.bluecoat.com/company-overview>, a security vendor
> used by most of the Fortune 500, released a report on the Web’s shadiest
> TLDs
> <https://www.bluecoat.com/company/press-releases/blue-coat-reveals-webs-shadiest-neighborhoods>
> on Sep 1, 2015. They recommend to their 15,000+ customers to block all
> listed TLDs (report attached). Most of these are new gTLDs.
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> There are implications for universal acceptance. This will result in some
> discussion at the upcoming UA Coordination Summit in Horsham tomorrow and
> Friday. The summit will have a conference bridge for anyone interesting in
> participating. Don Hollander will provide details.
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> -Ram
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> Chair, UASG
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> *The Web’s Top 10 "TLDs with Shady Sites*"*
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> *Rank  * *Top-Level Domain Name    * *Percentage of Shady Sites*
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>  *#1        .zip                                          100.00%*
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> *#2        .review                                    100.00%         *
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> *#3        .country                                  99.97%*
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> *#4        .kim                                         99.74%           *
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> *#5        .cricket                                   99.57%           *
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> *#6        .science                                  99.35%           *
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> *#7        .work                                      98.20%*
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> *#8        .party                                      98.07%           *
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> *#9        .gq (Equatorial Guinea)        97.68%*
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> *#10      .link                                         96.98%*
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