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Re: the curse of the S(imple) protocols, was: Re: e2e

2007-08-17 12:56:48


--On Friday, 17 August, 2007 15:03 -0400 "Steven M. Bellovin"
<smb(_at_)cs(_dot_)columbia(_dot_)edu> wrote:

The very simple idea of having a .bank TLD for financial
institutions could also help a lot here.

Same failure modes.

Worse, unless the registry and its registrars were chartered
such that registering anything but the primary name of a
legitimate bank (with "legitimate" defined according to some
internationally- recognized authority model, which is a whole
other problem) would subject them to significant civil and
criminal penalties.

      john




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