Hello, --- Dave Warren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As a result, there is still an effectively infinite amount of > hammering > until each and every domain on the list has been registered (Either > successfully, or by another party)
Not if connections are throttled/rate-limited.. If each connection can only make X connections per second, where X is chosen so that the X = physical capacity of Verisign register divided by the total number of connections, the problem is solved completely. The throttling can occur in 2 ways: 1) enforced at the server level (by Verisign) -- this technology exists, and is fairly simply. For example, some FTP sites will limit the bandwidth offer to any single connection. Same principal involved in throttling domain registration attempts. 2) enforced at the client level. This can be done in two ways: a) Verisign writes a standard client used by others, with encryption and tamper prevention, that lets registrars hammer at an "acceptable rate". b) Good neighbour method: "ask" that registrars don't submit requests faster than X per second per connection. Any registrar found to be breaking the rules is sent to the penalty box, with a high enough penalty to avoid cheating. Preferably, it would be implemented at the server level, thus taking away any incentive to play games at the registrars. Sincerely, George Kirikos http://www.kirikos.com/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/
