UK MoD accidentally sends classified emails meant for US (.mil) to Mali (.ml)

[TillE]

> emails containing classified information

It's incredibly embarrassing if they're not using any kind of encryption for this.

[tedunangst]

Why is classified info allowed on an internet connected computer in the first place?

[whycome]

Well maybe the USA shouldn't get those top level TLDs? (Eg .gov or .mil or .edu). What's wrong with them having to use a second level domain like ".us.gov"?

[NoZebra120vClip]

It's been this way for 40 years. Are you a taxpayer? I'd rather not pay for any such retrofit. Furthermore, what makes you think that typos won't be made with any different domain name? Why would a fake hypothetical improvement of the situation drive a massive rewrite of millions of lines of code, server configurations, TLS certificates, specification documents...?

[lockhouse]

The USA gets those top level TLDs because that's who created the Internet in the first place. It's an outgrowth of a US military project called ARPANET.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPANET

[N19PEDL2]

This was discussed just a few days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36836843