Short domains are useful for security testing. If you only have a limited number of characters, you need to be able to reference code on a remote server in as few characters as possible. A few years ago, I tried to find a Minimum Viable XSS. The conclusion that I (and others) came to is…
Continue reading →The ridiculous proliferation of TLDs (Top Level Domains) continues unabated. I wondered how much you’d have to spend to secure your name on every TLD. tl;dr;tld Over $300,000! (Roughly €280.000 / £245,000.) But… This estimate is pretty rough. A few caveats: This only covers one version of your domain name – it doesn’t cover misspellings.…
Continue reading →In The Beginning There was the .com and the .org and the .net and it was good. And, I mean, there were probably a few others – but that’s all people cared about. Go Forth And Multiply And THE LORD sayeth “Hey, do people want country codes? Like .UK, .FR, .DE?” And the people were…
Continue reading →I was listening to a podcast recently which was kind enough to mention one of my blog posts. The presenter said: …and you should Google for this, because I’m really not sure how to pronounce this. Is it shu-huk-spur? dot mobby? Le sigh! It’s a conversation I have most weeks when I’m on the phone…
Continue reading →A few weeks ago, I received what I thought was a particularly inept phishing attack. Subject: shkspr.mobi ***PLEASE NOTE THAT IF YOU DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS EMAIL YOU MAY RUN THE RISK OF THIS NAME BEING ERRONEOUSLY DELETED – PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE (VIA EMAIL) WITH REFERENCE TO THE ACCURACY…
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