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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><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>