.US Harbors Prolific Malicious Link Shortening Service

Thu Nov 2 20:36:24 UTC 2023

I personally own a .us domain name -- while it's a personal domain and doesn't do a lot of traffic, it's still a legitimate domain.

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From: "goemon--- via NANOG" <nanog at nanog.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 2, 2023 4:30pm
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Subject: .US Harbors Prolific Malicious Link Shortening Service

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/10/us-harbors-prolific-malicious-link-shortening-service/

"The NTIA recently published a proposal that would allow registrars to 
redact all registrant data from WHOIS registration records for .US 
domains. A broad array of industry groups have filed comments opposing the 
proposed changes, saying they threaten to remove the last vestiges of 
accountability for a top-level domain that is already overrun with 
cybercrime activity."

What hope is there when registrars are actively aiding and abeting criminal enterprises?

Are there any legitimate services running solely on .us domain names?

-Dan
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