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More aggressive reporting and patching I support. On a side note, I have a hard time taking any blog at a .blogspot.com domain seriously. Don't know why.

benmanns 13y ago
Agreed. I don't think there is anything stopping me from registering googleinternetsecurity.blogspot.com or officialonlinesecurity.blogspot.com if they filter out "google."
- CGamesPlay 13y ago
  Nor googleinternetsecurity.com. A TLD doesn't make it more legit, but at least under Blogspot, Google can shut down an imposter once discovered.
  - TeMPOraL 13y ago
    How about internetsecurity.google.com? They control their own TLD, they can make subdomains.
    - deleted 13y ago
      [deleted]
    - mixedbit 13y ago
      internetsecurity.google.com could set cookies on google.com
    - jcrites 13y ago
      I think you mean they control a second-level domain. The top level domain is "com" in the example of "internetsecurity.google.com". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-level_domain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-level_domain
      - TeMPOraL 13y ago
        Yes, that was what I meant :).
  - packetslave 13y ago
    The Google security folks have been getting more and more selective about what goes under google.com (especially user-generated content) because stealing google.com cookies gives you the user's auth tokens.
moonboots 13y ago
Using different domains reduces attack surface area [1]. That said, I agree that the blogspot domain and site design look amateurish. [1] https://github.com/blog/1466-yummy-cookies-across-domains https://github.com/blog/1466-yummy-cookies-across-domains
- tonfa 13y ago
  It's a policy issue: > If we receive a removal request that violates local law, that content may no longer be available to readers on local domains where those laws apply. https://support.google.com/blogger/answer/2402711?hl=en https://support.google.com/blogger/answer/2402711?hl=en
dalore 13y ago
Not only that, its a .blogspot.com.br domain. When I removed the .br part it redirected me to .blogspot.co.uk
- Wilya 13y ago
  Likely, the .br is there because the original submitter (here on HN) is from Brazil. Blogspot tends to redirect to the subdomain of the reader's country for some reason.
  - tnorthcutt 13y ago
    .br isn't a subdomain, it's a TLD.
    - dalore 13y ago
      If you want to get technical. A TLD is the subdomain of the root. It really is .br. but the last . is left of for convenience.

benmanns 13y ago

Agreed. I don't think there is anything stopping me from registering googleinternetsecurity.blogspot.com or officialonlinesecurity.blogspot.com if they filter out "google."

CGamesPlay 13y ago
Nor googleinternetsecurity.com. A TLD doesn't make it more legit, but at least under Blogspot, Google can shut down an imposter once discovered.
- TeMPOraL 13y ago
  How about internetsecurity.google.com? They control their own TLD, they can make subdomains.
  - deleted 13y ago
    [deleted]
  - mixedbit 13y ago
    internetsecurity.google.com could set cookies on google.com
  - jcrites 13y ago
    I think you mean they control a second-level domain. The top level domain is "com" in the example of "internetsecurity.google.com". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-level_domain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-level_domain
    - TeMPOraL 13y ago
      Yes, that was what I meant :).
- packetslave 13y ago
  The Google security folks have been getting more and more selective about what goes under google.com (especially user-generated content) because stealing google.com cookies gives you the user's auth tokens.

moonboots 13y ago

Using different domains reduces attack surface area [1]. That said, I agree that the blogspot domain and site design look amateurish. [1] https://github.com/blog/1466-yummy-cookies-across-domains https://github.com/blog/1466-yummy-cookies-across-domains

tonfa 13y ago
It's a policy issue: > If we receive a removal request that violates local law, that content may no longer be available to readers on local domains where those laws apply. https://support.google.com/blogger/answer/2402711?hl=en https://support.google.com/blogger/answer/2402711?hl=en

dalore 13y ago

Not only that, its a .blogspot.com.br domain. When I removed the .br part it redirected me to .blogspot.co.uk

Wilya 13y ago
Likely, the .br is there because the original submitter (here on HN) is from Brazil. Blogspot tends to redirect to the subdomain of the reader's country for some reason.
- tnorthcutt 13y ago
  .br isn't a subdomain, it's a TLD.
  - dalore 13y ago
    If you want to get technical. A TLD is the subdomain of the root. It really is .br. but the last . is left of for convenience.