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The 10 worst …

Spamhaus gave a bunch of us a preview of their new “Top 10 worst” (or should that be bottom 10?) lists at M3AAWG. These lists have now been released to the public.
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The categories they’re measuring are:

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XXX coming to a mailbox near you… eventually

ICANN voted to advance the .xxx TLD proposal today. As one might expect, this is a sponsored TLD intended for use porn and adult sites. This doesn’t mean that .xxx domains will be available immediately, there are still multiple steps in the process.
The next step is for ICANN to investigate the business model of ICM Registry, the sponsor of this TLD. If that passes, then .xxx domains will be coming to web browsers and mailboxes near you.
Update: For those of you who are shocked there is porn on the internet I only have to say (NSFW video + audio after the cut)

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