Independent technical-legal proposal

Anti-Squatting and Anti-Phishing

Plural reputation, warnings and protection against malicious names without central censorship.

Anti-squatting and anti-phishing

Internet 5.0 reduces the value of name speculation because trust does not follow only the domain string. It follows cryptographic identity, history, proof of use, signed records and plural reputation.

It also makes phishing harder because the client does not trust only the visual appearance of the link. It verifies key, signature, reputation, history, visual similarity, warning lists and suspicious locator changes.

Names as aliases

Human-readable names are convenience aliases, not absolute and perpetual property at the protocol level.

Non-transferable reputation

Name transfer does not automatically transfer history, trust or previous verifications.

Visual confusion detection

Clients detect typosquatting, Unicode homographs, character substitution and brand impersonation.

Plural lists

Trust List, Warning List, Fraud List, Phishing List, Compromised Key List and Dispute List, all signed and contestable.

Graduated warnings

Verified, recognized source, unverified, disputed name, similar to known source, phishing, compromised key or high risk.

No central censorship

Lists guide users and applications, but do not create a global kill switch.