On Saturday 03 February 2007 07:16, Paul Pruett wrote: > > Please pardon the off topic post but last month some people on this > > list were wondering about "Friendly Registrars" after what happened > > to "Fyodor" (of nmap fame) with is seclists.org domain being shut > > down by godaddy. > > godaddy and registerfly have really cheap vale resaler possiblilites, > and now you know why... I'd not trust them with anything that > can not be replace, for instance I might by a one year ssl cert, but > worse case that can be replaced, unlike a domain name in dispute.... > > Opensrs/Tucows has been around a long time, but their wholesale > cost, $10.25, is more than retail by registerly/godaddys and all > those others with questionable terms.. > > They have been very reputable in how they register and expire > domains. (maybe because they are in canada...) > > But it appears to be worth spending the extra two bucks per year per > domain even though with hundereds of domains it can add up, but > several screwed customer can cost lots more. > > I know someone who used register.com which was not cheap, got > their name sold to someone else before the expire date, and > the domain speculator quoted a price just less than legal action > to buy it back..... so for even the more expensive registers some > of the terms seem to be used to scam! > > Has anyone heard of excessive evil from opensrs? > if not, and if you have a biz and maintain say, > fifty or more domains, it may > be worth doing all the forms and the $100 deposit to use them > wholesale... else I am sure like me, there are many consultants > who use openbsd who are also value added resalers for opensrs.
Personally, I've used OpenSRS/Tucows (through wsmdomains.com) for years and have never had or seen a problem... But then again, I haven't looked very carefully at their license in a long time and since they can change their license at their whim, they may now be able to legally stuff me and everyone else. BTW, after looking at the link Constantine sent, it seems the topic of friendly registrars has hit slashdot again this morning. http://ask.slashdot.org/askslashdot/07/02/03/0353231.shtml -jcr -- cd ~. -Almost Home
