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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: panix.com hijacked
Howdy Perry, > Alexis Rosen of Panix was on the phone earlier today with the company > attorney for melbourneit -- reputedly he was informed that even if the > police called, they would not do anything about the problem until > Monday their time. (a) I don't know MIT's attorney, and (b) I wouldn't ever call him or her when I could reach someone I know, and (c) what would you expect an attorney to say? > Alexis is a bit on the upset side, naturally -- his company is in > serious trouble because of very obvious fraud, and waiting a few days > isn't really something he can afford to do. (If you look at the whois > records now in place for panix.com they're pretty clearly the result > of fraudulent activity. There is a pretty clear attempt there to > maximally obscure who has stolen the domain name -- this is clearly > not an innocent mistake.) Yeah, but, home truths. There are registrars who will get out of bed at night for a customer, and registrars who could give a shit if hell froze. Just like ISPs and LEOs, neh? Picking a registrar with a market share in the top 10 means that you get 1/share's worth of attention, which means 1/1488700 of Dotster's attention (using 1/15 daily market share graph). Now, was that at the NetSol $35/yr price point for customer care, or the GoDaddy $6.95/yr price point for customer care. I suppose everyone thinks that it (for some value of "it") can't happen to them, and that if it does, a wicked small amount of money will still do more than the oil that lights the lamps at Hanukkah, because bad acts are rare and all the dimes pile up into a shared fate insurance fund. Well, now I'm really going to bed. Eric
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