Transfer over .com and .org. Google simply launched eight new top-level domains that can be utilized for web sites or e-mail addresses.
Drumroll, please …
Introducing eight new top-level domains
- .dad
- .esq
- .prof
- .PhD
- .nexus
- .foo
- .zip
- .mov
OK, I can see some use for these. The lawyer, physician and professor in your life might be comfortable. However .foo?
Cybersecurity researchers are anxious about two specifically
These are .zip and .mov. Why? As a result of ZIP and MOV are file sorts, too.
And utilizing these file sorts as top-level domains may very well be dangerous since web sites and social media will convert something ending in .zip or .mov to a hyperlink.
Say, for instance, there are directions on a web site that reference a file known as “instructionmanual.zip.” The web site will now convert this file title to a hyperlink routinely.
Meaning anybody might purchase that very same title as a URL — and park no matter they need there. Suppose malware. Hit that hyperlink and you’ve got a keylogger or worse. Yikes.
There are almost 1,600 top-level domains
You already know those like .com, .org, .us and .edu. Listed below are some you most likely didn’t find out about. Possibly this listing will come in useful at your subsequent trivia night time.
.actor, .public sale, .bible, .buzz, .low-cost, .eat, .fish, .guitars, .horse, .kim (actually!), .lol, .monster, .pizza, .radio, .pores and skin, .wtf.
