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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">BlueCoat’s methodology is discussed in some security group mailing lists.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">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.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">-ram</span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span><span style="color:#1f497d"></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Jennifer Gore Standiford [mailto:<a href="mailto:JStandiford@web.com">JStandiford@web.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 16, 2015 4:32 PM<br><b>To:</b> Ram Mohan <<a href="mailto:rmohan@afilias.info">rmohan@afilias.info</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:UA-discuss@icann.org">UA-discuss@icann.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [UA-discuss] Blue Coat's Web's Shadiest Neighborhoods and implications on TLD acceptance</p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Ram and UA Members, </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">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. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Thanks,<br>Jennifer </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1f497d">Jennifer Gore Standiford</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#404040">Policy Director</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#404040">Web.com </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#404040">12808 Gran Bay Parkway, West | Jacksonville, FL 32258</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#404040">Office: 904. 680-6919| Cell: 904. 401-4347</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><img width="119" height="31" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D0F09D.EE4315D0" alt="cid:image003.png@01CFD6B5.902BADC0"></span><span style="color:#1f497d"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"> <a href="mailto:ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org">ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org</a> [<a href="mailto:ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org">mailto:ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ram Mohan<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 16, 2015 1:43 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:UA-discuss@icann.org">UA-discuss@icann.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [UA-discuss] Blue Coat's Web's Shadiest Neighborhoods and implications on TLD acceptance</span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Folks,</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.bluecoat.com/company-overview">BlueCoat</a>, a security vendor used by most of the Fortune 500, released a report on the <a href="https://www.bluecoat.com/company/press-releases/blue-coat-reveals-webs-shadiest-neighborhoods">Web’s shadiest TLDs</a> on Sep 1, 2015. They recommend to their 15,000+ customers to block all listed TLDs (report attached). Most of these are new gTLDs.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">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.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">-Ram</p><p class="MsoNormal">Chair, UASG</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">o: +1.215.706.5700 x103; m: +1.215.431.0958; f: +1.215.706.5701</p><p class="MsoNormal">Skype: gliderpilot30</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p style="margin-bottom:15.0pt;background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232;font-weight:normal">The Web’s Top 10 "TLDs with Shady Sites*"</span></strong></p><p style="margin-bottom:15.0pt;background:white;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232;font-weight:normal">Rank </span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232"> </span></span><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232;font-weight:normal">Top-Level Domain Name </span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232"> </span></span><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232;font-weight:normal">Percentage of Shady Sites</span></strong></p><p style="margin-bottom:15.0pt;background:white;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232"> <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">#1 .zip 100.00%</span></strong></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:15.0pt;background:white;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232;font-weight:normal">#2 .review 100.00% </span></strong></p><p style="margin-bottom:15.0pt;background:white;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232;font-weight:normal">#3 .country 99.97%</span></strong></p><p style="margin-bottom:15.0pt;background:white;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232;font-weight:normal">#4 .kim 99.74% </span></strong></p><p style="margin-bottom:15.0pt;background:white;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232;font-weight:normal">#5 .cricket 99.57% </span></strong></p><p style="margin-bottom:15.0pt;background:white;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232;font-weight:normal">#6 .science 99.35% </span></strong></p><p style="margin-bottom:15.0pt;background:white;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232;font-weight:normal">#7 .work 98.20%</span></strong></p><p style="margin-bottom:15.0pt;background:white;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232;font-weight:normal">#8 .party 98.07% </span></strong></p><p style="margin-bottom:15.0pt;background:white;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232;font-weight:normal">#9 .gq (Equatorial Guinea) 97.68%</span></strong></p><p style="margin-bottom:15.0pt;background:white;text-align:start;word-spacing:0px"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#323232;font-weight:normal">#10 .link 96.98%</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></body></html>