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ICANN Set To Broaden World of Domain Names

Posted by timothy on from the sounds-like-a-disney-attraction dept.

hypnosec writes "ICANN, as a step towards expanding global top level domain names, has approved a new Domain Name Registrar Accreditation Agreement that is expected to bring about waves of continued improvements in the domain name ecosystem (PDF). The new agreement is a result of efforts of over a year of negotiations that took place between ICANN and Registrar Stakeholders Group. The new agreement brings quite a few improvements, including making it mandatory for registrars to appoint a point-of contact for reporting abuse, and to establish registrar responsibilities for reseller compliance, enhancement of compliance tools, audit rights, and certification requirements, among others."

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  1. why? by lister+king+of+smeg · · Score: 5, Insightful

    am I the only one that thinks this is useless complication that will make dns more of a pain to work with simply so icann can grab money.

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    1. Re:why? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

      No, that is the normal thought for anyone who knows what DNS is. This is a money grab and evidence of our need to always feel we have to do something to justify our-self/our-group/our-job/our-ego instead of keeping the status quo. Also called change for the sake of change.

    2. Re:why? by rudy_wayne · · Score: 4, Insightful

      ICANN is busy considering over 1800 requests for new gTLDs like .shop, .motocycle, .google, .youtube, and .lol.

      All of which are completely useless and will only be used for phishing/scams/spams/malwares.

    3. Re:why? by hairyfeet · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Now see those I have NO problem with, every country gets their own TLD and if they want to sell them for this or that service? NO problem with that. What I DO have a problem with is the crapflood of TLDs which is gonna be a fricking jackpot for squatters and scammers, I work for ordinary folks and its hard enough to teach them to watch what they type or click on and only stick to .com,.net, and .org. I can just imagine the "fun" I'm gonna have when all those are meaningless because you'll have everything from .fun to .smile, its gonna be hell for us guys in the trenches.

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    4. Re:why? by SuricouRaven · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Well, they still havn't solved the homoglyph problem.

      You're quite right, though. It's just a big money-grab. There isn't a shortage of domains. There's a shortage of the really good domains, but adding more isn't going to help with that because it just means every major company is going to need to buy yet more variations of their name to prevent a prankster, porn site or competitor using them.

    5. Re:why? by SuricouRaven · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Plus it's going to really screw with name resolution. When I type 'ommadon' into my browser, how is it supposed to know if I mean to google on the string 'ommadon'*, or visit the host names 'ommadon' on my local network**, or resolve the gTLD 'ommadon'***? Any of the three possibilities could be valid - or possibly even all three. And none of them is a consistantly correct default. Even worse, 'guessing' wrong could be a security vulnerability - by spoofing broadcast name resolution an attacker could trivially appear on a local network with a hostname of his choice, so every time someone tried to google on a common word they'd be redirected to his own server.

      *Cheaply-animated villain with a habbit of laughing evily a lot.
      **My NAS box.
      *** I can't imagine why anyone would register this, but it could happen.