Re: "stealing" domain names by Israeli registrar
Boaz Rymland wrote: Hi all, Consultation needed: A friend of mine and myself are volunteering to launch a charity web site. My friend is not proficient in web technologies so when he went to check for registration of the domain, he followed the instructions recommended on one of the Israeli registrars - internic.co.il and check through their website the vacancy of the domain we wanted, with .co.il . It was as vacant as it can be. The following day, he went to actually register the domain and guess what? The domain was already registered(!)... . This smelled very fishy: the domain name was very unlikely to be requested "by coincidence" at that exact timing; the person holding the domain was some Israeli name with a very unreadable email address ending in some .info domain (cannot quote the email address here - see PS section below). Now I have another friend who's deep into the hosting business and he immediately told me that the owners of Internic.co.il are know to be doing this very ugly move on whois queries running through their web site. *My questions*: * is that business method illegal? * what can be done here in order to react? (be the internic method legal or not). Thanks! Boaz. *P.S.* * luckily for us, after I talked to my friend we made it clear that the needed domain should finish with a .org, not .co.il, so we actually weren't hit by Internic sting. The incident was and still is, very irritating. * the .co.il domain was hijacked on March 24 (IIRC) but its now free - no registration records exists for it so I cannot quote the snatcher details. But, since Internic (or the people they're affiliated with) are making a living in the described method, it should be rather easy to prove how they work - its a little matter of persistence... . Complain to ISOC. info-doma...@isoc.org.il Shachar -- Shachar Shemesh Lingnu Open Source Consulting Ltd. http://www.lingnu.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
"stealing" domain names by Israeli registrar
Hi all, Consultation needed: A friend of mine and myself are volunteering to launch a charity web site. My friend is not proficient in web technologies so when he went to check for registration of the domain, he followed the instructions recommended on one of the Israeli registrars - internic.co.il and check through their website the vacancy of the domain we wanted, with .co.il . It was as vacant as it can be. The following day, he went to actually register the domain and guess what? The domain was already registered(!)... . This smelled very fishy: the domain name was very unlikely to be requested "by coincidence" at that exact timing; the person holding the domain was some Israeli name with a very unreadable email address ending in some .info domain (cannot quote the email address here - see PS section below). Now I have another friend who's deep into the hosting business and he immediately told me that the owners of Internic.co.il are know to be doing this very ugly move on whois queries running through their web site. *My questions*: * is that business method illegal? * what can be done here in order to react? (be the internic method legal or not). Thanks! Boaz. *P.S.* * luckily for us, after I talked to my friend we made it clear that the needed domain should finish with a .org, not .co.il, so we actually weren't hit by Internic sting. The incident was and still is, very irritating. * the .co.il domain was hijacked on March 24 (IIRC) but its now free - no registration records exists for it so I cannot quote the snatcher details. But, since Internic (or the people they're affiliated with) are making a living in the described method, it should be rather easy to prove how they work - its a little matter of persistence... . ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Sale update (i re-subscribed to the list, was unsub'd before)
The following is still available (had had some reneges): Item Quantity Unit Price (NIS) before VAT IBM Intellistation M (2xP3 CPU, 1GB RAM, HW RAID controller, multiple SCSI disks) 1 1,000 Sun Ultra 30 (1 CPU, 1GB RAM, 2 SCSI 18GB disks) 1 500 Compaq DL360 (2*Xeon 2.6GHz, 4GB RAM, HW RAID, 2*147GB SCSI disks) 1 4,000 Compaq ML350 (2*P3, 1GB RAM, HW RAIDx2, 2x18GB SCSI disk, 4*250GB SATA disks) 1 1,500 Fujitsu Amilo laptop 1 1,000 Acer Aspire One laptop 1 2,000 Assorted CD/DVD ATAPI drives 4 25 Sun 17” CRT monitor 1 0 Routerboard RB200 w/case 1 250 Assorted hard binders (45 of them) 1 100 PC Engines WRAP.1 2 300 PC Engines WRAP.2 2 300 Atmel AVR32 eval board 1 150 TS7400 eval board w/BDM 1 1,200 Office chairs (Ashton) 2 200 Assorted network/power cables 12345 0 iMac 20” G5 (1.8GHz G5, no KB) 1 4,500 PowerMac G5 (1.8GHz G5, no KB) 1 4,500 Assorted cellphones 5 300 Samsung ML16xx laser printer 1 300 IBM Netfinity 6000R (3xXeon CPU, 3GB RAM, HW RAID, 6*18GB SCSI disks) 1 1,000 IBM T43 laptop (1.8GHz, 1GB RAM, 80GB disk) 1 1,000 Marc Volovic marcvolo...@me.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: IP Phones for "sell" (giveaway)
Am I the only one who did a s/IP /I/ on the title when first read it, and wondered what the catch was for selling IPhones for 35NIS? For such a price I would probably agree to getting one, though I would much prefer it if it was running OpenMoko. :-) Cheers, Dov 2009/4/16 Dotan Cohen > 2009/4/16 Noam Rathaus : > > Hi, > > > > I am selling our last IP phones as no non-profit came forward to ask for > them. > > > > First come first serve basis. > > > > Prices are for covering shipping and handling (35 NIS per unit), noting > more. > > > > Last thing, before we ship, we test they turn on, if they don't or we > don't > > have the power supply we will email you. > > > > Here is what we have: > > * Cisco 7910 > > * Avaya 4600IP > > * Grandstream BudgeTone > > * Uniden WIP200 > > * Cisco 7902 > > * PA1685 > > * HOP1002 > > * IPPH 203B > > > > PLEASE don't email me about pickup, we don't do that, 35 is too expensive > for > > you let me know why and we will see what we can do > > > > Noam, I'd like to try one, for experimenting with the technology. Do > you have a paypal account, that I can send the money to? I would need > for you to select which would be easiest for a complete noob to > configure. Thanks! > > -- > Dotan Cohen > > http://what-is-what.com > http://gibberish.co.il > > ___ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: IP Phones for "sell" (giveaway)
2009/4/16 Noam Rathaus : > Hi, > > I am selling our last IP phones as no non-profit came forward to ask for them. > > First come first serve basis. > > Prices are for covering shipping and handling (35 NIS per unit), noting more. > > Last thing, before we ship, we test they turn on, if they don't or we don't > have the power supply we will email you. > > Here is what we have: > * Cisco 7910 > * Avaya 4600IP > * Grandstream BudgeTone > * Uniden WIP200 > * Cisco 7902 > * PA1685 > * HOP1002 > * IPPH 203B > > PLEASE don't email me about pickup, we don't do that, 35 is too expensive for > you let me know why and we will see what we can do > Noam, I'd like to try one, for experimenting with the technology. Do you have a paypal account, that I can send the money to? I would need for you to select which would be easiest for a complete noob to configure. Thanks! -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
IP Phones for "sell" (giveaway)
Hi, I am selling our last IP phones as no non-profit came forward to ask for them. First come first serve basis. Prices are for covering shipping and handling (35 NIS per unit), noting more. Last thing, before we ship, we test they turn on, if they don't or we don't have the power supply we will email you. Here is what we have: * Cisco 7910 * Avaya 4600IP * Grandstream BudgeTone * Uniden WIP200 * Cisco 7902 * PA1685 * HOP1002 * IPPH 203B PLEASE don't email me about pickup, we don't do that, 35 is too expensive for you let me know why and we will see what we can do -- Regards, Noam Rathaus CTO Beyond Security Join Beyond Security in London at Infosecurity Europe, April 28-30, Booth M71 ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Adios
On Tuesday 14 April 2009 21:23:55 Marc Volovic wrote: > This is not an adios to you, my compatriots in impatience. This is an > adios to our company. > > We're shutting down after seven years of operation. > Thanks, good bye, and good luck with all your future endeavours. Regards, Shlomi Fish -- - Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ Best Introductory Programming Language - http://xrl.us/bjn84 God gave us two eyes and ten fingers so we will type five times as much as we read. ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Sale
> IBM x31 laptop > 1 > 500 If you'd let it go for 300 NIS, I'd love to adopt it. I simply can not afford more than that (student, father, living on milga). > Assorted network/power cables > 12345 Do you by chance have cables for a UPS? They are like PSU/monitor extension cables, male on one end and female on the other. I need three. Thanks, and good luck with wherever fate finds you! -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: Adios
Hi Marc,
Adios. Looking forward to your next incarnation, second comming,
differential SCSI cable, whatever.
You saved TkOS's ass two years ago, let that be on public record.
- yba
On Tue, 14 Apr 2009, Marc Volovic wrote:
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:23:55 +0300
From: Marc Volovic
To: Marc Volovic
Subject: Adios
This is not an adios to you, my compatriots in impatience. This is an adios
to our company.
We're shutting down after seven years of operation.
I'd like to thank all the people who we worked with and for and especially
all the people who worked for us.
The crew - you were tremendous! Stupendous, even. I love you all, dong ma? I
owe you all. You are all jen duh sh tyen tsai.
I will remember you all and cherish this memory. I wish you all the best of
luck, the swiftest of successes and the sweetests of victories, whatever you
do!
Marc A. Volovic
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Re: Sale
Oh - and the prices are (of course) in Israeli Shekels... On Apr 14, 2009, at 2:57 PM, Marc Volovic wrote: Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. I come to bury Swiftouch, not to praise it The nonsense that men do lives after them The good is oft interred with their bones So let it be with Swiftouch. Some noble friends Hath told you Swiftouch was ambitious, If it were so, it was a grievous fault And grievously hath Swiftouch answered it. To sum - we're shutting down. This is the sale of our stuff. If you know anyone who needs/wants this stuff, please help. Item Quantity Unit Price DGP306 SIP IP Phone 5 300 HP/Compaq dc7100 SFF (P4 2.4GHz, 1GB RAM, 80GB disk) 3 1,000 IBM Intellistation M (2xP3 CPU, 1GB RAM, HW RAID controller, multiple SCSI disks) 2 1,000 IBM Netfinity 6000R (3xXeon CPU, 3GB RAM, HW RAID, 6*18GB SCSI disks) 1 1,000 Sun Ultra 30 (1 CPU, 1GB RAM, 2 SCSI 18GB disks) 1 500 Compaq DL360 (2*Xeon 2.6GHz, 4GB RAM, HW RAID, 2*147GB SCSI disks) 1 4,000 Compaq ML350 (2*P3, 1GB RAM, HW RAIDx2, 2x18GB SCSI disk, 4*250GB SATA disks) 1 1,500 IBM x31 laptop 1 500 IBM T43 laptop 2 1,000 Fujitsu Amilo laptop 1 1,000 Acer Aspire One laptop 1 2,000 Assorted CD/DVD ATAPI drives 4 25 Sun 17” CRT monitor 1 0 Shredder 1 100 Routerboard RB200 w/case 1 250 Assorted hard binders (45 of them) 1 100 PC Engines WRAP.1 2 300 PC Engines WRAP.2 2 300 Atmel AVR32 eval board 1 150 TS7400 eval board w/BDM 1 1,200 Netgear Access Point .11bg 1 100 Office chairs (Ashton) 3 200 Assorted network/power cables 12345 0 iMac 20” G5 (1.8GHz G5, no KB) 1 4,500 PowerMac G5 (1.8GHz G5, no KB) 1 4,500 19” LG LCD monitor 1 300 19” Dell LCF monitor 1 300 Assorted cellphones 5 300 HP 3055 laser scanner/printer/fax 1 500 Samsung ML16xx laser printer 1 300 Thanks. ---MAV Marc Volovic + 972-54-467-6764 exCEOm...@swiftouch.com OR marcvolo...@me.com ---MAV Marc Volovic + 972-54-467-6764 exCEO marc @swiftouch.com ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Adios
This is not an adios to you, my compatriots in impatience. This is an adios to our company. We're shutting down after seven years of operation. I'd like to thank all the people who we worked with and for and especially all the people who worked for us. The crew - you were tremendous! Stupendous, even. I love you all, dong ma? I owe you all. You are all jen duh sh tyen tsai. I will remember you all and cherish this memory. I wish you all the best of luck, the swiftest of successes and the sweetests of victories, whatever you do! Marc A. Volovic ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
