Dangers of placeholder domains

https://infosec.exchange/@SecureOwl/116404712213309413

Great example of why using placeholders like xxx@deleteduser.com is a bad idea.

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slazer2au@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 105d (3 replies)

Apart from example.com are their any documentation only domains?

Credit cards have test numbers, IP addresses have TEST-NET1,2,and 3 for ipv4 and 2001:db8:: for V6.

frongt@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 105d (1 reply)
slazer2au@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 105d

.onion or arpa are good ones.

SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de · 6 pts · 105d

example.net and example.org

einkorn@feddit.org · 1 pts · 105d

There was a talk at 39C3 about abandoned (German) government domains (scroll down for an English audio track).

hactar42@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 105d

That's why I stick with contoso and fabrikam.