Beware typosquatting

When I initially added the links [1] to the IETF RFC database (Internet Engineering Task Force/Request For Comments) [2] I made a typo. Instead of linking to “I-E-T-F dot O-R-G” I instead typed it as “I-E-F-T dot O-R-G [3]” and … wow. Easily a dozen redirects, probably half a dozen attempts to infect my computer and landing on some company website I never heard of hawking seminars to help you pass Cisco training and certificaitons [4].

Shudder.

[1] /boston/2014/04/26.2

[2] http://www.ietf.org/rfc/

[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typosquatting

[4] http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/certifications/index.html

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