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

[David Conrad]

Hi,

 From my perspective, the interesting part of the Bluecoat report was how
widely it was picked up in the press.  This suggests to me that it played
into a particular mindset/agenda, one that is not particularly supportive
of new TLDs. 

Regards,
-drc

On 9/16/15, 3:49 PM, "ua-discuss-bounces at icann.org on behalf of Kevin
Murphy" <ua-discuss-bounces at icann.org on behalf of kevin at domainincite.com>
wrote:

>The Blue Coat report was pure PR.
>
>It had no value.
>
>http://domainincite.com/19211-laughable-security-report-labels-google-regi
>stry-shady
>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Re: [UA-discuss] Blue Coat's Web's Shadiest Neighborhoods and
>> implications on TLD acceptance
>> From: Jordyn Buchanan <jordyn at google.com>
>> Date: Wed, September 16, 2015 9:41 pm
>> To: Ram Mohan <rmohan at afilias.info>
>> Cc: "UA-discuss at icann.org" <UA-discuss at icann.org>
>> 
>> 
>> Relevant follow-up coverage (which doesn't exactly make sense):
>> 
>> 
>>http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/04/us-internet-security-domains-id
>>USKCN0R41U320150904
>> 
>> Jordyn
>> 
>> On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 1:37 PM, Ram Mohan <rmohan at afilias.info> wrote:
>> 
>> > BlueCoat¹s methodology is discussed in some security group mailing
>>lists.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > 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.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > -ram
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > *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
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Ram and UA Members,
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > 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 Œshady¹  considering it hasn¹t launched yet.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Jennifer
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > *Jennifer Gore Standiford*
>> >
>> > Policy Director
>> >
>> > Web.com
>> >
>> > 12808 Gran Bay Parkway, West  |  Jacksonville, FL 32258
>> >
>> > Office: 904. 680-6919| Cell: 904. 401-4347
>> >
>> > [image: cid:image003.png at 01CFD6B5.902BADC0]
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > *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
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Folks,
>> >
>> > BlueCoat <https://www.bluecoat.com/company-overview>, a security
>>vendor
>> > used by most of the Fortune 500, released a report on the Web¹s
>>shadiest
>> > TLDs
>> > 
>><https://www.bluecoat.com/company/press-releases/blue-coat-reveals-webs-s
>>hadiest-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.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > 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.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > -Ram
>> >
>> > Chair, UASG
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > o: +1.215.706.5700 x103; m: +1.215.431.0958; f: +1.215.706.5701
>> >
>> > Skype: gliderpilot30
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > 
>>-------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>----------------------
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > *The Web¹s Top 10 "TLDs with Shady Sites*"*
>> >
>> > *Rank  * *Top-Level Domain Name    * *Percentage of Shady Sites*
>> >
>> >  *#1        .zip                                          100.00%*
>> >
>> > *#2        .review                                    100.00%
>>*
>> >
>> > *#3        .country                                  99.97%*
>> >
>> > *#4        .kim                                         99.74%
>>   *
>> >
>> > *#5        .cricket                                   99.57%
>> *
>> >
>> > *#6        .science                                  99.35%
>>*
>> >
>> > *#7        .work                                      98.20%*
>> >
>> > *#8        .party                                      98.07%
>>  *
>> >
>> > *#9        .gq (Equatorial Guinea)        97.68%*
>> >
>> > *#10      .link                                         96.98%*
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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