Re: [Boston.pm] domain theft saga

2010-03-31 Thread Dan Boger
I've been using pair.com (and pairnic.com) for my hosting and registration for many many years, and they've never been anything but the ideal as far as I'm concerned. Dan On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 04:07, Greg London em...@greglondon.com wrote: Hm, Can anyone recommend a good, reliable, secure,

[Boston.pm] domain theft saga

2010-03-30 Thread Tom Metro
For those of you not on the BLU list, you might find this an interesting read: http://old.nabble.com/Dreamhost-account-hacked-td28062149s24859.html In brief, a directed attack using social engineering was perpetrated against my domain registrar, Dreamhost, and due to multiple failures on their

Re: [Boston.pm] domain theft saga

2010-03-30 Thread Greg London
Hm, Can anyone recommend a good, reliable, secure, host/registrar? Must have phone support and shouldn't be too expensive. Greg For those of you not on the BLU list, you might find this an interesting read: http://old.nabble.com/Dreamhost-account-hacked-td28062149s24859.html In brief, a

Re: [Boston.pm] domain theft saga

2010-03-30 Thread Drew Taylor
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 9:31 AM, Tom Metro tmetro-boston...@vl.com wrote: For those of you not on the BLU list, you might find this an interesting read: http://old.nabble.com/Dreamhost-account-hacked-td28062149s24859.html Wow, that is quite the saga! Best of luck to you in getting

Re: [Boston.pm] domain theft saga

2010-03-30 Thread Charlie Reitzel
I have the same question. Register.com is expensive and sends moderate spam but, so far, is secure. Name.com seemed semi-incompetent when I dealt with them. Perhaps they have improved. I guess I am a prude, because I am put off by GoDaddy.com's ads (also seems like a spam risk). Who else

Re: [Boston.pm] domain theft saga

2010-03-30 Thread Nick Patch
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 7:07 AM, Greg London em...@greglondon.com wrote: Hm, Can anyone recommend a good, reliable, secure, host/registrar? Must have phone support and shouldn't be too expensive. Greg I've been with GKG.net since 2001 and have only had good experiences with them. Between

Re: [Boston.pm] domain theft saga

2010-03-30 Thread Mark J Dulcey
On 3/30/2010 7:07 AM, Greg London wrote: Can anyone recommend a good, reliable, secure, host/registrar? Must have phone support and shouldn't be too expensive. I've had good experiences with Hover (formerly Domain Direct), a division of Tucows. I've never had occasion to use it, but their

Re: [Boston.pm] domain theft saga

2010-03-30 Thread Tom Metro
Greg London wrote: Can anyone recommend a good, reliable, secure, host/registrar? Must have phone support and shouldn't be too expensive. A friend found http://www.moniker.com/ who claim, ... we are the only registrar that has executive review of every transfer out request by at least 3

Re: [Boston.pm] domain theft saga

2010-03-30 Thread Ben Tilly
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 1:31 AM, Tom Metro tmetro-boston...@vl.com wrote: For those of you not on the BLU list, you might find this an interesting read: http://old.nabble.com/Dreamhost-account-hacked-td28062149s24859.html Thanks. I thought that more people should hear about it so I put it on

Re: [Boston.pm] domain theft saga

2010-03-30 Thread Tom Metro
Ben Tilly wrote: I thought that more people should hear about it so I put it on Hacker News. See http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1229247 Agreed. Spread the word. Thanks. -Tom -- Tom Metro Venture Logic, Newton, MA, USA Enterprise solutions through open source. Professional Profile: