#Emojis should not be used in #domain registrations, says #security expert
Patrik Fältström, a security expert from Sweden, has shared his views on why emojis should not be used in domain names. Fältström is known for his work on standardization and development in various Internet agencies, such as the Internet Engineering Task Force and the Internet Architecture Board, which coordinates technical development of the Internet. In a recently […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#IDN checker tool : When #Canada is a #domain in Russia
CA Technologies, the company that operates from ca.com are definitely proud of their short, two letter domain. But what about the domain са.com ? A new article about punycode and IDN domains at Krebs on Security, describes how Alex Holden, founder of Milwaukee-based Hold Security Inc. is experimenting with how web browsers handle these domains. The […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Punjabi #domains in #Gurmukhi to become widely available
If you thought there aren’t enough top level domain extensions (TLDs) the addition of a Punjabi script, Gurmukhi, will soon occur. Just over 500 years old, Gurmukhi derives from the Brahmi Indian scripts of the 15th century. And now, faithful residents of the Punjab region will be able to register .Punjab domain names – in […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Homograph IDN domain phishing attack steals Ethereum tokens
A phishing attack targeting users of MyEtherWallet.com used an IDN “homograph” domain to facilitate an Ethereum theft. The IDN domain used a letter “t” that belongs to a different character set, which is visually identical to the Latin character, except for a distinguishing line or dot underneath it. Registered just a few days ago, the […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Negative eBay feedback for IDN peddler selling “three letter .com” domain
The seller of “суе” .com on eBay made it extremely difficult for domainer newbies to understand what they were bidding on. As an IDN domain, суе.com resolves to a puny code equivalent, xn--e1axg.com. Buried in an ocean of rambling about how domains are great investment opportunities, the fact that it’s an IDN three letter .com […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Someone just paid $510 for the “weed.com” IDN domain
Someone forked out $510 dollars for the IDN “weed” domain we covered yesterday. The eBay auction attracted 7 bidders, and 33 bids in total. Considering how the only way to view the domain is via copy/paste, five hundred bucks seems like a waste of money. Cherokee letters have been used in the past to pass […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Up in smoke: ᴡeed.com on eBay
We’re living in strange times, and several US states have legalized marijuana use. The market is wide open, and with that in mind, many domain investors are focusing on weed, marijuana, hash, cannabis, hemp, ganja and other related keyword domains. An interesting domain being auctioned on eBay is ᴡeed.com – and while the auction’s title […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Sex sells, so how much did ѕех.com sell for?
Sex sells, and on the Internet there is a massive amount of it. There is sex everywhere, even on Queen.com! Sedo auctioned off ѕех.com recently, and although this particular domain auction was for an IDN domain, it attracted lots of bids still. So how much did it end up selling for? After a total of […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Crap domains : IDN strings pretending to be premium .com
The trick is not new, and IDN domains have been used several times in the past in a way that distorts their intended purpose: to utilize words in different languages. Using “foreign” character sets other than Latin, IDN domains can be created by characters that visually resemble “English” words. Although Latin and IDN cannot be […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.DNLocal : IDN domain forum about to close down
After 7 years of actively covering the IDN domain community, DNLocal is closing down tomorrow. Covering the international domain market, with dedicated subforums on French, Portuguese, Swedish, Greek, Russian, Israeli, Chinese, Arabic and Japanese domains, DNLocal has been the “baby” of Jose Augusto. “I will be moving one and turning dnlocal.com forum off tomorrow. It has been […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Domainer profile : Jose Augusto – From ccTLD and IDN domains to apps
Portuguese domain investor, Jose Augusto, has been involved with the IDN and ccTLD domain markets for several years. When the dot .ES ccTLD became deregulated, he became infatuated with the opportunity to invest in “domain hacks“, domains where the keyword and TLD combined form a single word. His recent sale of the domain Freebi.es for […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Garbage domains : Pseudo IDN domains lambasted at NamePros
NamePros member Wot is well-respected domainer, strategically investing in IDN domains. Stationed in Thailand, Wot has discovered and pointed out a large cache of pseudo-IDN domains, currently being offered on Sedo and other marketplaces. According to Wot: “They are shown as IDN but they are simply mixed script, English and other languages cobbled together, to […]
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