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* [[Phishing]] – the acquisition of personal and financial information through deceptive means such as fraudulent emails, copies of legitimate websites, brand spoofing, and carding.

* [[Typosquatting]] – the intentional registration of misspellings of popular website addresses to garner traffic; aka URL hijacking.

==Roles==

* [[CA]] – a third-party company that issues digital certificates and public-private keys as a part of a chosen Public Key Infrastructure.

* [[Domainer]] – a person who buys and sells domain names, seeking to profit from selling at a higher price later or from advertising activities.

* [[EBERO]]s – organizations under three-to-five-year contracts with ICANN to provide critical registry functions, in the event of a TLD registry operator failure

* [[I* Leaders]] – a loose category of organizations responsible for technical infrastructures on the Internet.

* [[ICANN Fellow]] – A member of the Internet community and recipient of a grant provided by the ICANN Fellowship Program.

* [[Independent Objector]] – a position created by ICANN to determine if a new gTLD application is in the best interest of the Internet community.

* [[Internet Service Provider]] companies that provide customers with Internet services, such as access with telephone, television, email accounts, and customizable web pages.

* [[NIC]] – A network information center manages a registry and contracts with the registrars accredited to sell domains under a given TLD.

* [[Registrant]] – A person who has registered a domain name through a registrar.

* [[Registrar]] – A company that is authorized to sell domain names.

* [[TCR]]s – Trusted Community Representatives participate in ceremonies that manage the DNS Root Key Signing Key, which is central to implementing DNSSEC.

==Standards==

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 * [[Phishing]] – the acquisition of personal and financial information through deceptive means such as fraudulent emails, copies of legitimate websites, brand spoofing, and carding.
 * [[Typosquatting]] – the intentional registration of misspellings of popular website addresses to garner traffic; aka URL hijacking.
+==Roles==
+* [[CA]] – a third-party company that issues digital certificates and public-private keys as a part of a chosen Public Key Infrastructure.
+* [[Domainer]] – a person who buys and sells domain names, seeking to profit from selling at a higher price later or from advertising activities.
+* [[EBERO]]s – organizations under three-to-five-year contracts with ICANN to provide critical registry functions, in the event of a TLD registry operator failure
+* [[I* Leaders]] – a loose category of organizations responsible for technical infrastructures on the Internet.
+* [[ICANN Fellow]] – A member of the Internet community and recipient of a grant provided by the ICANN Fellowship Program.
+* [[Independent Objector]] – a position created by ICANN to determine if a new gTLD application is in the best interest of the Internet community.
+* [[Internet Service Provider]] companies that provide customers with Internet services, such as access with telephone, television, email accounts, and customizable web pages.
+* [[NIC]] – A network information center manages a registry and contracts with the registrars accredited to sell domains under a given TLD.
+* [[Registrant]] – A person who has registered a domain name through a registrar.
+* [[Registrar]] – A company that is authorized to sell domain names.
+* [[TCR]]s – Trusted Community Representatives participate in ceremonies that manage the DNS Root Key Signing Key, which is central to implementing DNSSEC.
 ==Standards==