Richard, Ron and all,
Yes Ron, you seem the have noticed the lack of consistency and total
lack of oversight of the ICANN in this "Experiment" of the introduction of
Registrar competition as well. It actually is allot worse than your
notice (See below). We[INEGroup] have four folks tracking this
situation closely with Register.com and will be providing our first
report on their performance, of lack of it on monday...
Richard J. Sexton wrote:
> "The beauty of competition is having somebody else to complain about"
>
> >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
> >X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.9 (Released Version) (x86 32bit)
> >MIME-Version: 1.0
> >Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII
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> >Message-ID: <Mv%83.138$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 04:26:20 GMT
> >NNTP-Posting-Host: 199.224.66.212
> >X-Complaints-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >X-Trace: news1.epix.net 929334380 199.224.66.212 (Mon, 14 Jun 1999 00:26:20 EDT)
> >NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 00:26:20 EDT
> >Xref: ns3.vrx.net comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains:6683
> >
> >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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> Remember, amateurs built the Ark. Professionals built the Titanic.
Regards,
--
Jeffrey A. Williams
CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng.
Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC.
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