Date: 20 Dec 2016 12:13:45 -0500 From: "John R. Levine" <johnl@iecc.com> To: "Valeri Galtsev" <galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu> Cc: "Ian Smith" <smithi@nimnet.asn.au>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cheap domain and ssl certificate Message-ID: <alpine.OSX.2.11.1612201210540.31320@ary.qy> In-Reply-To: <53371.128.135.52.6.1482249333.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> References: <mailman.95.1482235202.29010.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> <20161221012013.T26979@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <53371.128.135.52.6.1482249333.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu>
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> Indeed. Once free/almost free "generic" top domains emerged like .pro, > .blog, .tech, .design, ... spammers immediately jumped in and started > using them for their wrongdoings. I have a feeling that these domains were > specifically made for their advantage. ... Having met some of the people who run these domains, I'd say you overestimate their ability to plan ahead. What generally happens is that they had a business plan and revenue projections which they missed because their domains serve no actual need. So they panic and have a cut price fire sale, at which point it's utterly predictable that the only customers interested in bulk cheap domains are crooks. Let's Encrypt, on the other hand, was intended from the start not to charge so their system is working the way it's intended to. Regards, John Levine, johnl@iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies", Please consider the environment before reading this e-mail. https://jl.ly
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