Misdirected communication has obvious security and privacy ramifications and is an age-old problem that predates the Internet. In recent years it has been exacerbated by the arrival of electronic communication and the multitude of ways that communication can be misdirected. A new chapter in this age-old problem is being written with the proliferation of top-level domains (TLDs). This paper examines this problem in more detail and provides a full analysis of the current set of TLDs. In particular, we are concerned with TLDs that have a non-trivial probability of intercepting traffic intended for another domain. Intercepting TLDs have the potential of intercepting a lot of traffic since typically a TLD supports many domain names.

We have included the full text of my most recent paper on this subject:

Markowsky Interceptor Top-Level Domains Paper

Here is our latest report showing the potential interference among the TLDs:

May 29, 2021 Interceptor Top-Level Domains Report

December 7-9, 2021
Singapore, Singapore

Papers are due on May 31, 2021 – I am a Technical Committee Co-Char for this Conference.

The call for papers and more details are available at https://icdf2c.eai-conferences.org/2021/

The 11th IEEE International Conference on
Intelligent Data Acquisition and Advanced Computing Systems: Technology and Applications (IDAACS’2021)

September 22-25, 2021 

Cracow, Poland

MDPI Sensors provides a sponsorship:
– Best Paper Award and the Best Young Author Paper Award, 400 CHF per each
– Discount of 10% for publishing extended papers

Extended versions of selected papers will be published in international Journals indexed by Web of Science, Engineering Index (Compendex) and Scopus:
– MDPI Sensors
– International Journal of Computing
– Acta IMEKO

Special Issue Convergence of Intelligent Data Acquisition and Advanced Computing Systems is published in Sensors:  https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/7/2262

Organized by:

		Faculty of Electrical and Computer EngineeringCracow University of TechnologyCracow, Poland
		Research Institute for Intelligent Computer Systems, West Ukrainian National University and V.M. Glushkov Institute of Cybernetics, National Academy for Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine
		IEEE Ukraine Section I&M / CI Joint Societies Chapter

I am on the Program Committee and the Chair of the International Advisory Board for this Conference. It is part of a series that has been held since 2001. The IDAACS Conferences always include very interesting people from around the world. I invite you to submit a paper. For more information, go to http://www.idaacs.net/2021

Kraków, written in English as Krakow and traditionally known as Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Province, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596^[ and has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, economic, cultural and artistic life. Cited as one of Europe’s most beautiful cities, its Old Town was declared the first UNESCO World Heritage Site in the world.

(From https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/cracow)