These domains look a lot like banks' official domains. Krebs on Security today published a story about how a financial cybercrime group is using Punycode domains to trick internet users into thinking they're visiting banks' websites. Punycode is ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Visit an IDN? Google might warn you
· Policy & LawChrome uses a sophisticated system to determine if an IDN might be spoofing another website. While researching end user sales at Sedo yesterday, I visited öttö .de, which sold for €2,000. This is what I saw when I visited it: This is the first ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Most of these IDNs are declining
· UncategorizedKassey Lee examines how these IDNs have performed since the beginning of last year. I wrote about the Chinese IDN extensions in January 2020. Now, about one and half years later, it's time to check-in and see how they're faring. I used ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Mailchimp has challenges with non-ASCII characters
· UncategorizedMailchimp supports IDNs in domain names, but not the username portion of email addresses. I recently received an email from ICANN's Universal Acceptance Outreach group about an error on Domain Name Wire. Universal Acceptance refers to websites ... Continue Reading6 Comments
New TLDs, five years in
· UncategorizedIt was five years ago this month that the first domains under the new top level domain (nTLD) program started rolling out to consumers. The first Latin script general availability domains came out in early February 2014. Remember .guru? ... Continue Reading40 Comments
Popular Chinese IDN to increase prices 25x
· UncategorizedHigher price tag applies only to registrations made after March 15, 2019. The registry for .在线 (xn--3ds443g - "Dot Chinese Online") is hiking prices by about 25 times for new registrations starting March 15, 2019. TLD Registry, which operates two ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Verisign IDNs: Landrush details and Premium Domains
· ServicesLandrush will not be like Early Access. Verisign is getting ready to launch its first internationalized domain name, a Japanese transliteration of .com .コム. Based on comments Verisign CEO James Bidzos made on an investor conference call, it seemed ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Verisign’s .IDN priority period similar to .Porn
· ServicesDomains will be available during a limited matching period. Verisign has released more information about its IDN transliteration launches. As expected, the launches will include a Priority Access Program that allows existing registrants of second ... Continue Reading8 Comments
How is .Com? Verisign discusses, and signs 11 IDN contracts
· UncategorizedVerisign signs transliteration TLD contracts, discusses the state of .com. There was a lot of interesting information in yesterday's Verisign quarterly investor conference call. First, the company said it signed 11 contracts for its IDN ... Continue Reading4 Comments
How English speakers can invest in Chinese IDNs
· UncategorizedTLD Registry releases tool for discovering Chinese terms available for registration. Last week in London I sat down with TLD Registry, the company behind the Dot Chinese Online (.在线) and Dot Chinese Website (.中文网) domain names. These IDNs have been ... Continue Reading9 Comments