[CPWG] Google pushes .zip and .mov domains onto the Internet, and the Internet pushes back

[John McCormac]

On 30/05/2023 11:49, Khaled Koubaa via CPWG wrote:
> Thank you Olivier.
> 
> There is indeed a long list of TLDs that are File Extension including 
> very widely used ones such as .io or .xyz
> 
> This blog post has the full list : 
> https://wkumari.github.io/2023/05/15/TLDs-that-are-extensions.html 
> <https://wkumari.github.io/2023/05/15/TLDs-that-are-extensions.html>
> ble
> PS: The writer of the blogpost is Warren Kumari from Google
> PS2: I agree with his statement "I think that this particular ship has 
> sailed"

I would not agree with that, Khaled,
The .ZIP gTLD is going to be a major problem because of the way that 
domain names and links are parsed. Not everyone is an expert with 
regular expressions used to parse text so the default position for many 
mailserver administrators will be to ban the .ZIP gTLD at a mailserver 
level. The .MOV may also be a problem but it is the .ZIP which poses the 
greatest risk due to its widespread use.

The key factor in the damage that .ZIP will cause, and it will cause 
problems, will be the pricing of .ZIP new registrations. If Google 
prices them as a multiple of .COM then that will limit some of the 
damage. If it uses discounting to drive registration volume, that will 
turn a small problem into a much bigger one.

Regards...jmcc


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> Khaled
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> Khaled Koubaa
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> 
> On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 1:29 PM Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond via CPWG 
> <cpwg at icann.org <mailto:cpwg at icann.org>> wrote:
> 
>      From ARS Technica, 18 May 2023:
> 
>     A recent move by Google to populate the Internet with eight new
>     top-level domains is prompting concerns that two of the additions
>     could be a boon to online scammers who trick people into clicking on
>     malicious links.
>     https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/05/critics-say-googles-new-zip-and-mov-domains-will-be-a-boon-to-scammers/ <https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/05/critics-say-googles-new-zip-and-mov-domains-will-be-a-boon-to-scammers/>
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