RE: GoDaddy's abuse procedures [was: ICANNs role [was: Re: On-going ...]]

2007-04-07 Thread Chris L. Morrow
On Sat, 7 Apr 2007, Frank Bulk wrote: > > While you have your friend's ear, ask him why they maintain a spam policy of > blocking complete /24's when: > a) the space has been divided into multiple sub-blocks and assigned to > different companies, all well-documented and queryable in ARIN > b) th

RE: GoDaddy's abuse procedures [was: ICANNs role [was: Re: On-going ...]]

2007-04-07 Thread Frank Bulk
a certain IP in separate sub-block that is only being punished for the behavior of others in a different sub-block. Frank -Original Message- Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 8:20 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: ICANNs role [was: Re: On-goi

Re: ICANNs role [was: Re: On-going ...]

2007-04-03 Thread Simon Waters
On Tuesday 03 April 2007 18:35, Donald Stahl wrote: > > The problem here is that the community gets screwed not the guy paying > $8.95. If he was getting what he paid for- well who cares. The problem is > everyone else. At the risk of prolonging a thread that should die Gadi forwarded a pos

Re: ICANNs role [was: Re: On-going ...]

2007-04-03 Thread Donald Stahl
Well, you're not likely to get it for the $8.95 that Godaddy charges. Their abuse department does a remarkably good job, considering their volume and margins. Perhaps the message here is that you get what you pay for. For a rock bottom price, You get rock bottom service. There are registrars

RE: ICANNs role [was: Re: On-going ...]

2007-04-03 Thread michael.dillon
> Perhaps the message here is that you get what you pay for. For a rock > bottom price, You get rock bottom service. There are registrars that > charge considerably more and provide considerably more service. There just isn't enough hierarchy in the DNS. Back when I was running my own ISP, I ga

Re: ICANNs role [was: Re: On-going ...]

2007-04-03 Thread Joe Greco
> >This is the costly bit that a domain registrar isn't going to be > >likely to do. > > Well, you're not likely to get it for the $8.95 that Godaddy charges. > Their abuse department does a remarkably good job, considering their > volume and margins. Most places are selling domains for around t

Re: ICANNs role [was: Re: On-going ...]

2007-04-03 Thread John Levine
>This is the costly bit that a domain registrar isn't going to be >likely to do. Well, you're not likely to get it for the $8.95 that Godaddy charges. Their abuse department does a remarkably good job, considering their volume and margins. Perhaps the message here is that you get what you pay fo

Re: ICANNs role [was: Re: On-going ...]

2007-04-03 Thread Joe Greco
> I know the head abuse guy at Godaddy. He is a reasonable person. He > turns off large numbers of domains but he is human and makes the > occasional mistake. The fact that everyone cites the same mistake > tells me that he doesn't make very many of them. Hm, okay, which one was that. Was it

Re: ICANNs role [was: Re: On-going ...]

2007-04-03 Thread Matthew Crocker
Seriously though- why do we keep blaming the infrastructure for the mind boggling stupidity of users? There will always be users that don't understand technology. You call them stupid, I call them mom & dad, brother & sister. If you maintain the attitude that it is the 'stupid' users f

Re: ICANNs role [was: Re: On-going ...]

2007-04-03 Thread Joe Greco
> On Tue, Apr 03, 2007, Joe Greco wrote: > > > Is there a difference between a decade-old domain with contact information > > where a web server got hacked, and a 1-day old domain with garbage for > > contact information that was set up explicitly for Bad Stuff? How do you > > tell? > > Yup! On

Re: ICANNs role [was: Re: On-going ...]

2007-04-03 Thread John Levine
>We cite this one because it was such an unbelievable cock-up it wasn't >funny. Fyodor a blackhat? Seclists.org a malicious site? Honest to god did >the guy do even the teensiest little bit of due diligence before shutting >the site down? He screwed up, we all know that. My point is that huma

Re: ICANNs role [was: Re: On-going ...]

2007-04-03 Thread Donald Stahl
I know the head abuse guy at Godaddy. He is a reasonable person. He turns off large numbers of domains but he is human and makes the occasional mistake. The fact that everyone cites the same mistake tells me that he doesn't make very many of them. We cite this one because it was such an unbel

Re: ICANNs role [was: Re: On-going ...]

2007-04-03 Thread John Levine
>I think the shutdown of seclists.org by GoDaddy is a perfect example of >exactly why the registrars should NOT be making these decisions. I know the head abuse guy at Godaddy. He is a reasonable person. He turns off large numbers of domains but he is human and makes the occasional mistake. T

Re: ICANNs role [was: Re: On-going ...]

2007-04-03 Thread Adrian Chadd
On Tue, Apr 03, 2007, Joe Greco wrote: > Is there a difference between a decade-old domain with contact information > where a web server got hacked, and a 1-day old domain with garbage for > contact information that was set up explicitly for Bad Stuff? How do you > tell? Yup! One was registered

Re: ICANNs role [was: Re: On-going ...]

2007-04-03 Thread Joe Greco
> > The one concrete suggestion I've seen is to induce a delay in zone > > creation and publish a list of newly created names within the zone. > > The problem with this is that is sort of assumes: > > What are your thoughts on basic suggestions such as: > 1. Allowing registrars to terminate

Re: ICANNs role [was: Re: On-going ...]

2007-04-03 Thread Donald Stahl
What are your thoughts on basic suggestions such as: 1. Allowing registrars to terminate domains based on abuse, rather than just fake contact details. I don't like this because its impossible to define abuse clearly enough in this context. If a fictitious web-shop 'nice-but-dim.com' get a

Re: ICANNs role [was: Re: On-going ...]

2007-04-03 Thread Gadi Evron
On Tue, 3 Apr 2007, Andre Oppermann wrote: > > Gadi Evron wrote: > > What are your thoughts on basic suggestions such as: > > 1. Allowing registrars to terminate domains based on abuse, rather than > > just fake contact details. > > Are you crazy or what? Ever heard of due process? What is abu

Re: ICANNs role [was: Re: On-going ...]

2007-04-03 Thread Gadi Evron
On Tue, 3 Apr 2007, Andy Davidson wrote: > > > On 3 Apr 2007, at 03:02, Gadi Evron wrote: > > > What are your thoughts on basic suggestions such as: > > 1. Allowing registrars to terminate domains based on abuse, rather > > than just fake contact details. > > I don't like this because its im

Re: ICANNs role [was: Re: On-going ...]

2007-04-03 Thread Andre Oppermann
Gadi Evron wrote: What are your thoughts on basic suggestions such as: 1. Allowing registrars to terminate domains based on abuse, rather than just fake contact details. Are you crazy or what? Ever heard of due process? What is abuse? Who decides that? Office of pre-crime? In the end the

Re: ICANNs role [was: Re: On-going ...]

2007-04-03 Thread Andy Davidson
On 3 Apr 2007, at 03:02, Gadi Evron wrote: What are your thoughts on basic suggestions such as: 1. Allowing registrars to terminate domains based on abuse, rather than just fake contact details. I don't like this because its impossible to define abuse clearly enough in this context. If

Re: ICANNs role [was: Re: On-going ...]

2007-04-02 Thread Fergie
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 - -- Gadi Evron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Thanks David, of course, as you know, this was not an attack on you. I >appreciate you clarifying to me a bitmore on what ICANN does, does not >and is not supposed to do. > >I will contact you off-list for

Re: ICANNs role [was: Re: On-going ...]

2007-04-02 Thread Gadi Evron
[Top-Posting] Thanks David, of course, as you know, this was not an attack on you. I appreciate you clarifying to me a bitmore on what ICANN does, does not and is not supposed to do. I will contact you off-list for further consultation. Many thanks again for all your help! So, who *is* able to

Re: ICANNs role [was: Re: On-going ...]

2007-04-02 Thread David Conrad
Gadi, So you are the guys asleep at the guard post? :) Something ICANN is frequently accused of. 1. Allowing registrars to terminate domains based on abuse, rather than just fake contact details. Seems like a reasonable idea to me, but wouldn't that be a contractual term between the r

Re: ICANNs role [was: Re: On-going ...]

2007-04-02 Thread Fergie
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [top-posting to maintain the entire context below] I think Doug makes some good points here (with the exception of number 6)... - - ferg - -- Douglas Otis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Apr 2, 2007, at 7:02 PM, Gadi Evron wrote: > On Mon, 2 Apr 2

Re: ICANNs role [was: Re: On-going ...]

2007-04-02 Thread Douglas Otis
On Apr 2, 2007, at 7:02 PM, Gadi Evron wrote: On Mon, 2 Apr 2007, David Conrad wrote: On Apr 1, 2007, at 8:45 AM, Gadi Evron wrote: The one concrete suggestion I've seen is to induce a delay in zone creation and publish a list of newly created names within the zone. The problem with this

ICANNs role [was: Re: On-going ...]

2007-04-02 Thread Gadi Evron
On Mon, 2 Apr 2007, David Conrad wrote: > On Apr 1, 2007, at 8:45 AM, Gadi Evron wrote: > > On Sun, 1 Apr 2007, David Conrad wrote: > >> On Mar 31, 2007, at 8:44 PM, Gadi Evron wrote: > >> I'm not clear what "this realm" actually is. > > Abuse and Security (non infrastructure). > > Well, ICANN is