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Cameroon Typo-Squats all of .com

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the can't-fault-them-for-the-idea dept.

wayne writes "As reported on CircleID, the nation of Cameroon, which controls the .cm top level domain, has typo-squatted all of the .com domain space. They have placed a wildcard DNS record to redirect all traffic to an ad-based search page. Unlike the earlier case of Verisign putting a wildcard in the real .com domain, ICANN has very little direct control over what a nation can do with their own TLD. Will the owners of .co and .om follow?"

10 of 402 comments (clear)

  1. Smart move. by Duncan3 · · Score: 4, Funny

    That should double their GDP!

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    1. Re:Smart move. by MECC · · Score: 4, Funny

      pple who cant tyhp shoulndyt be ushing the inpternet anwywya

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  2. Re:There's typos, and then there's THAT by pookemon · · Score: 3, Funny

    But if you mean to type .com and you actually type .cm then its a typo. If you mean to type .cm and you .cm then it's not a typo.

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  3. www.gkj.cm by tsa · · Score: 4, Funny

    I tried it, it works! I must say it's a real clever idea. I want a country too!

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  4. What's next? by macserv · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm sure the government of Vomania will benefit highly from my URL mistakes.

  5. If you think about it by Koragnar · · Score: 5, Funny

    .com is typo-squatting all the .cm sites for people who suck miserably at typing.

  6. How long until... by FlyByPC · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...the Nigerian scammers get wind of this, and move? I mean, it's right next door!

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  7. Ah... time to crontab wget again by MrPerfekt · · Score: 5, Funny

    Once every 5 minutes I think I'll be hitting www.youcontributenothingtotheinternet.cm!

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  8. Re:for those that don't get it, .cm == typo of .co by morie · · Score: 4, Funny

    lk buddy, my keybard is quite ld s yu dn't expect all the keys t wrk prperly, nw d yu?

    I have truble with .cm very ften

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  9. Re:WWW/HTML is a minor problem by Penguin · · Score: 3, Funny
    Hey! Guess what country is next door to Cameroon? Yup, Nigeria


    Hey! Guess what country is next to Cameroon in the CIA World Factbook? Yup, Canada.

    The conspiracy is clear!
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