Problem with zone delegation with private gTLD

Tony Finch dot at dotat.at
Mon Apr 8 11:27:55 UTC 2019


Matus UHLAR - fantomas <uhlar at fantomas.sk> wrote:
>
> many users/organizations use private TLDsm, just like they often use
> private IP ranges instead of public.

Smoking is popular too but that doesn't mean it's a good idea :-)

> I believe there should be reserved gTLD for such usage.

That's a very bad idea, because it would cause huge problems for the
browser same origin security model. You'd leak intranet cookies and
passwords anywhere that uses the reserved TLD.

Tony.
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