Totally agree, with your perspective on this Brett. Information like this should always be analysed.

For example: What I find curious is that .jp was the most secure ccTLD.

What is interesting about .JP is that is open to international registrations at the second level. 
Only local presence is required to register a .JP domain name, and you can use a Proxy service if you are outside Japan. 
For .CO.JP domains, you must have a registered company located in Japan.

So what does this say about the fear of opening up .au second level registrations to international entities? Are these fears actually warranted? 
Clearly not, if you look towards Japan's ccTLD example. What is .JP doing that is different to give them the number #1 trusted ccTLD (according to Mcafee that is).

Best Regards,

George Pongas
.au Services Manager
AusRegistry Pty Ltd
Level 8, 10 Queens Road
Melbourne. Victoria. Australia. 3004. 
Ph:? +61 3 9866 3710
Fax: +61 3 9866 1970
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: dns-bounces+chris.shaw=ausregistry.com.au§dotau.org [mailto:dns-
> bounces+chris.shaw=ausregistry.com.au§dotau.org] On Behalf Of Brett
> Fenton
> Sent: Wednesday, 27 October 2010 11:47 AM
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> Subject: Re: [DNS] Interesting Article: .au ranks as one of the safest name-
> spaces in the world.
> 
> It is George, but you need to be careful in simply drawing the conclusion
> domain policy=security.
> 
> For example NZ rated as marginally more secure, and they have a completely
> open domain policy ie the same as .com, or I could pick out say .ie which has
> an open second level but criteria around domain use, or Germany (.de)
> which is
> rated marginally less secure.
> 
> I'd argue having a strong regulator participating in all levels of the space
> would have more to do with the ranking than the existing policy. Wait did I
> just say something good about auDA?
> 
> Regards,
> Brett
> 
> > Given that the current Names Panel is reviewing .au policy, this article is
> > quite topical. http://us.mcafee.com/en-
> us/local/docs/Mapping_Mal_Web.pdf
> >
> > .au ranks amongst the safest in the world.
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > George Pongas
> > .au Services Manager
> > AusRegistry Pty Ltd
> > Level 8, 10 Queens Road
> > Melbourne. Victoria. Australia. 3004.
> > Ph:  +61 3 9866 3710
> > Fax: +61 3 9866 1970
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