Re: Ummmm, did they actually look at any of those .info sites?

[Dan Kaminsky <dan () doxpara com>]

Afilias had some really huge problems back in the day, and basically got
security religion because of it.  If you notice, they're the guys who own
.ORG, the only gTLD with active signing plans.

On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 4:22 PM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon &
Hannah <rMslade () shaw ca> wrote:

> A global provider of Internet infrastructure services, announced on May 13
> that a
> new Global Phishing Survey reveals that the .INFO domain is the generic
> top-level
> Internet domain (gTLD) safest from phishing attacks. The results of the
> Survey
> show that, during the second half of 2008, .INFO had the lowest phishing
> rates
> and the lowest average attack duration among the gTLDs measured. .INFO’s
> phishing durations were half the world average.
>
> http://www.afilias.com/news/2009/05/13/new-report-shows-info-domain-safest-
> phishing-attacks<http://www.afilias.com/news/2009/05/13/new-report-shows-info-domain-safest-%0Aphishing-attacks>
>
> (OK, I didn't do a survey, and I am probably even working from old
> impressions.
> But it seems to me I saw an awful lot of dangerous stuff on .info sites, in
> comparison to actual legit material ...)
>
> ======================  (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer)
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>    Key escrow to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
>    In the land of surveillance where Big Brother lies.
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