schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days agoA researcher bought noreply.net. Companies started sending him secrets.arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square60linkfedilinkarrow-up1378arrow-down12cross-posted to: pulse_of_truth@infosec.publobsters@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up1376arrow-down1external-linkA researcher bought noreply.net. Companies started sending him secrets.arstechnica.comschnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days agomessage-square60linkfedilinkcross-posted to: pulse_of_truth@infosec.publobsters@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·28 days agoIt’s still a stupid solution with all sorts of ‘code smells’ and bad design, but the least they could do in a case like that is use @example.com.
minus-square/home/pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·28 days agoIs example.com the only reserved dead domain by icann? Just curious Edit: seems like so. Though there are some reserved TLDs as well https://www.iana.org/domains/reserved
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·28 days agoOooh, looking at RFC2606 (mentioned by your link), the .invalid TLD seems like an appropriate choice here. (Changing “deleted” users’ emails to an invalid TLD still isn’t the right solution, though.)
minus-square/home/pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·28 days agoBetter than an un-reserved domain name or tld
minus-squareJakeroxs@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·26 days agoUntil 20 years down the line .invalid becomes a valid TLD and all hell breaks loose lmao
It’s still a stupid solution with all sorts of ‘code smells’ and bad design, but the least they could do in a case like that is use
@example.com.Is example.com the only reserved dead domain by icann? Just curious
Edit: seems like so. Though there are some reserved TLDs as well
https://www.iana.org/domains/reserved
Oooh, looking at RFC2606 (mentioned by your link), the
.invalidTLD seems like an appropriate choice here.(Changing “deleted” users’ emails to an invalid TLD still isn’t the right solution, though.)
Better than an un-reserved domain name or tld
Until 20 years down the line .invalid becomes a valid TLD and all hell breaks loose lmao