On Fri, 25 May 2007 12:08:44 PDT, Scott Weeks said:
--------------johnl@iecc.com wrote:--------------------
the bits of governments that deal with online crime, spam, etc., I can report that pretty much all of the countries that matter realize there's a problem, and a lot of them have passed or will pass laws whether we like it or not. So it behooves us to engage them and help them pass better rather than worse laws.
Which countries are "pretty much all of the countries that matter"? Do you have a list or is this just 'something you're sure of'?
A lot of the more nefarious uses of the DNS are there precisely because the actual country *doesn't* matter, and as a result the TLD is run by somebody who is asleep at the wheel or worse. For instance, there appears to be a '*.cm' wildcard in place, and several "flag of convenience" TLDs with a high ratio of users that aren't actually associated with the country...