On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 19:38:14 -0600 "Travis H." <travis+ml-nanog@subspacefield.org> wrote: [...snip]
The domain name system has enough problems (is mazdausa.com really related to mazda.com?) without involving javascript and ActiveX, but they could be corrected with proper education (how about keeping every URL under one second-level domain related to your company, perhaps companyname.com)
This presupposes that corporations have a more significant claim to domain names than individuals. Does anybody recall the fiasco between ETOY.COM and ETOYS.COM? The former was created by an artist years before the now defunct toy retailer. ETOYS' corporate bullying took away the artist's longstanding domain claiming it might confuse consumers. "Proper education" cannot be achieved ever. Who should have the rights to MCDONALDS.COM or FORD.COM? A large multinational corporation or the entity which set-up an on-line presence first? Assuming here that someone isn't domain squatting or abusing trademarks, for example, FORD's hamburger company advertising automobiles. Trademarks in themselves do not grant domain rights, just exclusive use of a name as a PARTICULAR type of business. That is the real problem. Phishing problems will not be corrected without multinational government coooperation (which I fear for other reasons) because the problems cross teritorial boarders. I received a clever phishing attempt "from" Chase Manhattan Bank directing me to the domain chaserewards.com. This is more a matter of companies informing their customers which domain names are valid. </RANT> matthew black network services california state university, long beach