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Expand defintion of PSL; add ICANN reference

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libpsl - C library to handle the Public Suffix List
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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))