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>Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains,alt.domain-names.registries,alt.censorship
>Subject: Register.com CHEATING Exposed!! Important please read!!
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ron Bennett)
>Organization: Netcom
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>Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 04:26:20 GMT
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>
>I waited until today to post this to be sure. Register.com cheating exposed!
>
>I did a check of the A root server back on Jun-8-99 and have every day since
>for TITS.COM. It appears that TITS.COM was registered Jun-8-99. The DNS entries
>are listed as DNS7.REGISTER.COM & DNS8.REGISTER.COM - see detail at end of
>post. Interestingly it doesn't show up in Whois and so I was stumped, then it
>occurred to me that I could use the Whois at nsiregistry.com to see for sure.
>
>SO HOW COULD SOMEONE REGISTER TITS.COM AT REGISTER.COM WHEN THEY BLOCK
>REGISTRATION *REQUESTS* FOR SUCH DOMAINS!??
>
>Just to be sure that the TITS.COM and similar are still blocked, I tried
>registering various profane domains at both NSI webpage and via NSI
>registration template and couldn't. So my question is how could someone
>register TITS.COM?? When I emailed Register.com about the blocking of
>registratin *requests* they denied it, but my experience and their lack of
>response to my followup email proves otherwise.
>
>Two possibilties - both quite likely and both very disturbing!
>
>1. Register.com's security is poor and someone found a way around their domain
>name censoring.
>
>2. Register.com is CHEATING and giving some registrants (possibly including
>themself) preference. If this is proven, their registration authority should be
>revoked immediately!
>
>On a aside, it's been reported that Register.com has sold whois lookup logs to
>third parties in the past and are blacklisting some people who register domains
>but don't signup for extra services.
>
>MANY READERS AT SLASHDOT CONFIRMED THE OTHER DAY THAT REGISTER.COM'S *OWN*
>REGISTRATION SCRIPT BLOCKS REQUESTS OF PROFANE DOMAINS - HERE'S A SNIPIT:
>
>if ($domain=~ /^(shit|tits|piss)/i ) {
> $ERROR_MESSAGE = "The domain you have chosen is not available.";
> return $ERROR_MESSAGE;
>}
>elsif ($domain=~ /(shit|tits|piss)$/i ) {
> $ERROR_MESSAGE = "The domain you have chosen is not available.";
> return $ERROR_MESSAGE;
>}
>elsif ($domain=~ /fuck|cunt|cocksucker|motherfucker/i) {
> $ERROR_MESSAGE = "The domain you have chosen is not available.";
> return $ERROR_MESSAGE;
>}
>
>----- NSIREGISTRY Whois -----
>
>Whois Server Version 1.0
>
> Domain Name: TITS.COM
>
> Registrar: REGISTER.COM
>
> Whois Server: whois.register.com
>
> Referral URL: www.register.com
>
> Name Server: DNS7.REGISTER.COM (209.67.50.33 )
>
> Name Server: DNS8.REGISTER.COM (209.67.50.34 )
>
> Updated Date: 13-jun-1999
>
>
>The Registry database contains ONLY .COM, .NET, .ORG, .EDU domains and
>Registrars.
>
>----- Name Server Lookup for TITS.COM -----
>
>Monday, June 14, 1999 12:27:55AM
>
>Name Server LookUp for tits.com
>Search Type: ALL - All records
>Name Server: a.root-servers.net
>
>Header:
> ID=33728, QR=Response, Opcode=QUERY, RCODE=NO ERROR
> Authoritative Answer=No, Truncation=No
> Recursion Desired=Yes, Recursion Available=No
> QDCOUNT=1, ANCOUNT=2, NSCOUNT=2, ARCOUNT=2
>Question:
> Name=tits.com, QTYPE=ALL, QCLASS=1
>Answer Section:
>- Name=tits.com
> Type=NS, Class=1, TTL=172800 (2 Days), RDLENGTH=19
> Name Server=DNS7.REGISTER.COM
>- Name=tits.com
> Type=NS, Class=1, TTL=172800 (2 Days), RDLENGTH=7
> Name Server=DNS8.REGISTER.COM
>Authority Records Section:
>- Name=tits.com
> Type=NS, Class=1, TTL=172800 (2 Days), RDLENGTH=2
> Name Server=DNS7.REGISTER.COM
>- Name=tits.com
> Type=NS, Class=1, TTL=172800 (2 Days), RDLENGTH=2
> Name Server=DNS8.REGISTER.COM
>Additional Records Section:
>- Name=DNS7.REGISTER.COM
> Type=A, Class=1, TTL=172800 (2 Days), RDLENGTH=4
> IP Address=209.67.50.33
>- Name=DNS8.REGISTER.COM
> Type=A, Class=1, TTL=172800 (2 Days), RDLENGTH=4
> IP Address=209.67.50.34
>------------------------------
>
>
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