Ron and all,
No I understood you concern very clearly, hence my response to it
as I share your concern. It appears however that this concern, along
with several others that have sense been reported regarding Register.com
are going unheaded, or are not considered serious enough to act
upon by the ICANN at this time. This too, was also part of my
response... (See below).
Ron Bennett wrote:
> Sounds like people who've replied have missed my point, so I'll clarify it.
>
> I understand the aspect that registrars may have different rules in regards
> to
> registering domains, but this has *nothing* to do with that...please
> re-read my
> original post again regarding this issue for the details.
>
> Try to register TITS.COM or TITS.anytld at Register.com and its immediately
> rejected even before being processed . So the average person can't even
> attempt to register such a domain there. The point is that Register.com
> appears to be cheating and giving some registrants preference
> (i.e. themselves) or has some security holes that allow people to sneak
> such domains through.
>
> In regards to TITTIES.COM - that's not surprising since TIT is *not*
> considered
> a profane word. The issue here is TITS.COM and how someone was able to
> register it through Register.com when the average person can't there. Bottom
> line is there's either a security problem at Register.com or they're giving
> some
> registrants preference. Hopefully everyone is now clear about this issue and
> why it's of concern.
>
> Thank you for your time.
>
> Ron Bennett
>
> At 02:14 AM 6/14/99 +0100, Jeff Williams wrote:
> >Richard, Ron and all,
> >
> > Another interesting observation on this post as well. I noticed
> >the TITTIES.COM is an active domain... There is even a "Free"
> >area as well! >;) Shocking, just shocking! I guess the relative
> >filters didn't work in this instance, eh?
> >
> > This sort of thing kinda gets you to thinking that if the ICANN/DNSO
> >get control of the Root if any of these domains will remain available,
> >and for how long....
> >
> > Is it time for a naughty domain name owners constituency, NDNO?
> >Richard, maybe you and Ron would be interested in championing
>
> >such a constituency? I know, it is a dirty job, but someone may need to
> >do it! >;) I am sure that it has it's compensations however! >;)
> >
> >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
> >> >Lines: 107
> >> >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
>
Regards,
--
Jeffrey A. Williams
CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng.
Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC.
E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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