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."
tl;nt (Score:5, Insightful)
(too long, not typing)
Seriously. When every other TLD is two or three characters, they decide to go use a full word? Breaking conventions AND convenience! Whee!
Yeah yeah whatever (Score:2, Insightful)
Recall the ".pro" TLD? Supposed to be for "vetted professionals"? The first .pro I ever encountered turns out to be a crooked outfit. (If you must know, videolan.pro, which impersonates but does not actually have any connection to the real thing.) I have so far never encountered a dot-pro that was actually legit. A lesser used .biz of sorts, but with delusions of grandeur.
So I'll reserve judgement on this one. Not that it isn't a reasonable idea, I've been toying with the notion for a while. It's the execution that matters, and we'll just have to see how that pans out.
i was laughing at the headline (Score:3, Insightful)
This is so not going to end well.
something almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tubes.
.bank (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Call me back in a month ... (Score:5, Insightful)
And we can do all that now without paying ICANN extra fees or creating the illusion that it's "secure" because the address says so. Which is exactly what end users and the media are going to believe.
What we really need to do is rein ICANN in and stop this kind of nonsense.
Re:tl;nt (Score:5, Insightful)
Pretty much everybody else ignores those, so why not?