New .secure Internet Domain On Tap
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CowboyRobot writes "A new top-level domain (TLD) in the works for the Internet will bake security in from the outset: The .secure domain will require fully encrypted HTTPS sessions and a comprehensive vetting process for websites and their operators. If the new domain takes off, it could shift the way Web domains are secured. ICANN is expected to sign off on .secure, and for the new TLD to be up and running June or July 2013."
Re:Call me back in a month ... (Score:4, Informative)
And it's this type of attitude that will kill it. They're not claiming it to be bulletproof or perfect, only that they're enforcing a number of currently available security protocols that are optional in the general internet, and difficult to figure out if they're actually in use. So if you're on a .secure domain name, it doesn't mean the site is unhackable, but it does mean that you resolved the domain via DNSSEC, and that your connection is over SSL, and that the SSL certificate was reasonably vetted. Unfortunately, this doesn't solve the fundamental problem that understanding network security requires some knowledge, and so some day some site on this TLD will get hacked, and every shitty news organization on the planet will talk about how .secure is worthless, and it will die.