[ceejayoz]

Subdomain to avoid polluting the .gov namespace too much. States could do similar; settlements.ny.gov.

I’m tired of the “phishing or real?” game with these things.

[ratorx]

Your original comment suggests you are proposing:

[class action identifier].settlements.gov

Parent is asking why not:

settlements.gov/[class action identifier]

Using a different page rather than subdomain wouldn’t have any real phishing downsides and would avoid polluting DNS entirely, so seems better.

[ec109685]

Wildcard can avoid the dns polluting. The domain prefix stands out a bit more and let’s them have their own cookies.

[aliqot]

I didn't consider the lets them have their own cookies part, but I kinda like it, however I don't really know why other than I like separations of concerns. Why do you prefer that, and what scenarios have necessitated that in the past if you don't mind me asking?

[zinekeller]

Actual reason: because there are different firms administering these settlements. You want to separate these by subdomain so that there isn't a chance that an administrator from one site hijacking into another. Unless you're proposing the government to directly call/mail affected persons (might be desirable in cases like the JnJ Talc powder case where it is clearly a retail case).

[aliqot]

Ah that's a great reason, thanks. It helps when you framed it up in current events, really made sense.

[ceejayoz]

I don’t want the gov building and hosting the sites; I just want CNAMEs pointing at the law firms’ sites.