[UA-discuss] Blue Coat's Web's Shadiest Neighborhoods and implications on TLD acceptance
Kevin Murphy
kevin at domainincite.com
Fri Sep 18 08:04:26 UTC 2015
I would agree with that, David. People who don't think too much about it
tend to think that any attempt to sell a domain name is some kind of
con.
Reporter laziness probably played a role too. This was a prepackaged
story from a well-known vendor, the kind of thing that can easily be
repurposed into something for publication in 20 minutes or less.
Perhaps ICANN should put out a press release ranking security vendors by
how many of their research reports are garbage.
Borrowing Blue Coat's methodology, it would be quite easy to say with
confidence the company has a "100% garbage" rating. Just restrict your
sample to research reports you have actually read (ie, only this one).
Kevin Murphy
Domain Incite
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [UA-discuss] Blue Coat's Web's Shadiest Neighborhoods and
> implications on TLD acceptance
> From: David Conrad <david.conrad at icann.org>
> Date: Thu, September 17, 2015 4:00 pm
> To: Kevin Murphy <kevin at domainincite.com>, Jordyn Buchanan
> <jordyn at google.com>, Ram Mohan <rmohan at afilias.info>
> Cc: "UA-discuss at icann.org" <UA-discuss at icann.org>
>
>
> 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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