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

Tue May 30 12:48:47 UTC 2023

I don't work for Google nor speak on their behalf.
I checked the domains.google: I found that the price of the .zip is $15,
and there is a requirement for a .zip website to use HTTPS.
I don't think the SSL part could resolve the risk as anyone could obtain a
free SSL certificate nowadays, but the price is reasonably higher than a
.com
The focus should not be on the ".zip" but on reducing the risk for end
users. The solution could be at the browser level and the DNS level. Any
attempt to resolve this issue at the DNS level would consider the effect of
measures on the rest of the DNS.

Khaled Koubaa

Twitter : @koubaak <https://twitter.com/koubaak>

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Website : koubaa.net

On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 3:49 PM John McCormac via CPWG <cpwg at icann.org>
wrote:

> 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
>
>
> >
> > Khaled
> >
> > Khaled Koubaa
> >
> > Twitter : @koubaak <https://twitter.com/koubaak>____
> >
> > LinkedIn : linkedin.com/in/koubaak/ <http://www.linkedin.com/in/koubaak/
> >
> >
> > Website :koubaa.net <https://koubaa.net/>
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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