From 05907b5c7b40238b5f5dae3382dc4f0d22a2eb5b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeffrey Walton Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2018 20:48:45 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Expand defintion of PSL; add ICANN reference --- README.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 8db9ffe..ca94882 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ Solaris OpenCSW [![Build Status Solaris amd64](https://buildfarm.opencsw.org/bui libpsl - C library to handle the Public Suffix List =================================================== -A "public suffix" is a domain name under which Internet users can directly register own names. +A *Public Suffix List* is a collection of *[Brand Top Level Domains](https://icannwiki.org/Brand_TLD)* which allows users to register their own top level domain. The brand domains exist at the same level as ICANN's *Global Top Level Domains (gTLDs)*. Brand TLDs are sometimes referred to as Vanity Domains. -Browsers and other web clients can use it to +Browsers, web clients and other user agents can use a public suffix list to: - avoid privacy-leaking "supercookies" - avoid privacy-leaking "super domain" certificates ([see post from Jeffry Walton](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2014-03/msg00093.html))