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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Ram and UA Members, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></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.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thanks,<br>
Jennifer <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Jennifer Gore Standiford<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#404040">Policy Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#404040">Web.com <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#404040">12808 Gran Bay Parkway, West | Jacksonville, FL 32258<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#404040">Office: 904. 680-6919| Cell: 904. 401-4347<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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""> ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org [mailto:ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Ram Mohan<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 16, 2015 1:43 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> UA-discuss@icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [UA-discuss] Blue Coat's Web's Shadiest Neighborhoods and implications on TLD acceptance<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Folks,<o:p></o:p></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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">-Ram<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Chair, UASG<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">o: +1.215.706.5700 x103; m: +1.215.431.0958; f: +1.215.706.5701<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Skype: gliderpilot30<o:p></o:p></p>
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<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><o:p></o:p></p>
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<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><o:p></o:p></p>
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<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><o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#323232;font-weight:normal">#2 .review 100.00% </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#323232;font-weight:normal">#3 .country 99.97%</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#323232;font-weight:normal">#4 .kim 99.74% </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#323232;font-weight:normal">#5 .cricket 99.57% </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#323232;font-weight:normal">#6 .science 99.35% </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#323232;font-weight:normal">#7 .work 98.20%</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#323232;font-weight:normal">#8 .party 98.07% </span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#323232;font-weight:normal">#9 .gq (Equatorial Guinea) 97.68%</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#323232;font-weight:normal">#10 .link 96.98%</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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