[ALAC] The Ten Worst Top Level Domains

[Carlton Samuels]

Garth:
This report is certainly a useful addition to the sources of information.
Congrats.

The Consumer Trsut and Safeguards subteam of the CCT RT would certainly be
interested in this report. With your permission, maybe I could share the
link with the CCT Review Team?

Best,
-Carlton


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On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 11:48 AM, gbruen at knujon.com <gbruen at knujon.com>
wrote:

> Thanks Olivier. This may or may not be a coincidence, but I definitely did
> not plan on releasing my own data at the same time as Spamhaus.
>
> However, I have conducted my own review of spam-heavy TLDs and will be
> publishing the results today. I contacted each registry directly and waited
> a few days to hear back from each of them. I can say that some of the
> registries have been responsive and other have not. Time will reveal how
> each registry handles the abuse issue, and this is what I plan to look at.
>
> My report looks at all TLDs, not just new TLDs, but there is a clear
> pattern which supports the Spamhaus results, in that new gTLDs are rapidly
> passing legacy TLDs in abuse rates.
>
> The report also editorializes ICANN's consumer trust issues in terms of
> the website and compliance.
>
> ALAC get's the first crack:
> http://www.knujon.com/knujon-icann-consumers-rygy-limbo-032016.pdf
>
>
>
>
> On 3/7/16 6:27 PM, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> as you know, the ALAC has been wondering about whether new gTLDs brought
>> consumer trust.
>> Well - an organisation has released a list of gTLDs that don't appear to
>> be as trustworthy as others when it comes to spam.
>>
>> https://www.spamhaus.org/news/article/728/spamhaus-presents-the-worlds-worst-top-level-domains
>>
>> Since this relates to spam, and we are concerned about universal
>> acceptance of new gTLDs, how likely is it that some of the TLDs listed
>> might be blacklisted in mailers in the future?
>> Kindest regards,
>>
>> Olivier
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