RFC

Why the New DNS ‘For Sale’ Record Is a Gift to Domain Squatters

📅 August 11, 2026 📂 AI & Machine Learning

A new DNS record (RFC 10023) allows domains to explicitly declare they are for sale. While it seems like a win for transparency, it actually legitimizes domain squatting and transforms the internet’s infrastructure into a speculative marketplace. Worse, it hands a legal smoking gun to trademark lawyers, turning honest owners into targets.

DNS Domain Squatting Internet Infrastructure Legal Liability RFC Trademark

The Internet’s Dirty Secret: We’re Still Patching TLS 1.2 Because Nobody Upgraded to 1.3

📅 August 2, 2026 📂 Tech Industry

RFC 10015 deprecates old key exchange methods in TLS 1.2 — a protocol that should have been retired years ago. Why? Because the industry chose to patch the past instead of upgrading to TLS 1.3. This article exposes the uncomfortable truth: the internet’s security is held hostage by the slowest adopters, and we’re spending more effort maintaining legacy technical debt than building secure systems.

Cryptography Cybersecurity Internet Security Legacy Systems RFC Technical Debt TLS