Avatar Posted by SueLynn 63 days ago (http://www.straightsectalk.com)
Category: Everthing Else On Domains | Tags: domain squatters icann
Have you ever wanted to purchase a domain name for a website? The chances are that you had to spend hours testing out ______.com domain names before one was available that you liked. I have been in this situation many times and it is extremely frustrating. If each of the domain names were taken by other legitimate sites, it would be one thing. However, almost all domain names are registered by squatters whose sole purpose is to extort us, the rest of the people in the world who want good domains for their websites. Webmasters are not the only ones who have to bear this burden – everyone who uses the internet suffers by having to type in and remember longer and less-relevant domain names even though better ones are available.

Just like spammers, everybody hates what domain squatters do to the internet. Unlike junk e-mail, however, domain registration is controlled by central authorities who should be able to stop widespread domain squatting. You may wonder how domain squatting relates to security and why an article about it appears on this blog. Once you start considering actual policies that ICANN would put in place to combat domain squatting, they almost all seriously hinder legitimate registrants or suffer from loopholes that would allow domain squatters to continue their operations unimpeded. This article explores policies that ICANN may be able to enforce to make headway against the internet plague that is domain squatting.
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