From jra@baylink.com Fri Jul 6 02:32:21 2018 From: Jay Ashworth To: cypherpunks-legacy@lists.cpunks.org Subject: Wacky Weekend: The '.secure' gTLD Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2018 02:32:21 +0000 Message-ID: <172289272837.3881296.5568766506700873046.generated@mail.pglaf.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============2006643729361544341==" --===============2006643729361544341== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable "The proposal comes from Alex Stamos of research firm iSec Partners, and=20 would appoint Artemis Internet as the gatekeeper of .secure. Artemis would=20 require registered domains to encrypt all web and email traffic (except for=20 HTTP redirects funneling connections towards the appropriate TLS-encrypted=20 site), use DNSSEC, and deploy DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) for spam=20 prevention. In addition, Artemis would employ a rigorous screening process to= =20 verify registrants' identities (including reviewing articles of incorporation= =20 and human interviews), and routinely conduct security scans of registered=20 sites. The venture has $9.6 million (US) in funding provided by Artemis' parent company NCC Group, a UK-based IT security firm." https://lwn.net/Articles/497254/ Discuss. Debate. Digress. Cheers, -- jra --=20 Jay R. Ashworth Baylink jra(a)baylink.= com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA http://photo.imageinc.us +1 727 647 1274 ----- End forwarded message ----- --=20 Eugen* Leitl leitl http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE --===============2006643729361544341==--