It appears that Paul Hoffman <[email protected]> said: >-=-=-=-=-=- >-=-=-=-=-=- > >On Aug 26, 2022, at 2:43 PM, Meir Kraushar via dns-operations ><[email protected]> wrote: >> So bottom line, browser behavior is not based on DNS resolving, nor by any >> IANA list, but rather on the PSL. > >This is interesting info, thanks! The PSL is used by browsers for things like >preventing cross-site scripting, but should not be >relied on for "is it really a TLD".
The browser makeers would disagree with you: https://publicsuffix.org/learn/ These are some of the uses of the list we know about. ,,, Firefox Restricting cookie setting Restricting the setting of the document.domain property Sorting in the download manager Sorting in the cookie manager Searching in history --> Domain highlighting in the URL bar Chromium/Google Chrome (pre-processing, DAFSA builder, parser) Restricting cookie setting --> Determining whether entered text is a search or a website URL Determining whether wildcard subdomains are allowed in Origin Trial tokens Internet Explorer Restricting cookie setting --> Domain highlighting in the URL bar --> Zone determination ActiveX opt-in list security restriction I'm not saying they're right, but it's been like this for a long time. R's, John _______________________________________________ dns-operations mailing list [email protected] https://lists.dns-oarc.net/mailman/listinfo/dns-operations
