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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='color:#1F497D'>For those interested in BitSquatting. A presentation by Cisco at the ICANN meeting in Buenos Aires <a href="http://buenosaires48.icann.org/en/schedule/mon-tech/presentation-bitsquatting-18nov13-en.pdf">http://buenosaires48.icann.org/en/schedule/mon-tech/presentation-bitsquatting-18nov13-en.pdf</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Fahd<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Subject:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> BitSquatting<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-NZ>Dear Members, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-NZ><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-NZ>One quite fascinating presentation during the ccNSO Tech Day was one done by Jaeson Schultz of Cisco on BitSquatting.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-NZ><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-NZ>BitSquatting is registering names that MAY be queried because a bit error generated somewhere along the network. By the adjustment of a single bit, the name is still valid, but it may end up somewhere not intended.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-NZ><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-NZ>The chances of this happening are very, very small. But, the number of requests are very, very, very large! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-NZ><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-NZ>His presentation can be found <a href="http://buenosaires48.icann.org/en/schedule/mon-tech/presentation-bitsquatting-18nov13-en.pdf">http://buenosaires48.icann.org/en/schedule/mon-tech/presentation-bitsquatting-18nov13-en.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-NZ><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-NZ>Here’s another note <a href="http://dinaburg.org/bitsquatting.html">http://dinaburg.org/bitsquatting.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-NZ><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-NZ>I thought this was interesting.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-NZ><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-NZ>Don Hollander<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=EN-NZ>General Manger - APTLD<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>