[ga-full] Re: [IFWP] Re: "Domain Names Hijacked" news article (fwd)

["Richard J. Sexton" <richard@dnso.com>]

That's real nice and all but idf open-sts allowed a change to the
reguistrant by email, then THEY are the problem. NSI stopped
doing this years ago.

Duh.

At 02:50 PM 6/1/00 -0400, !Dr. Joe Baptista wrote:
>
>
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 15:00:49 -0400
>From: Todd Ashworth <admin@quickdesigns.com>
>To: discuss-list@opensrs.org
>Subject: Re: "Domain Names Hijacked" news article
>
>Yeah .. just one more example of NSI's unwillingness to get off their butts
>and do anything.  This has been a problem for quite a while now.  I first
>became aware of it about 8 months ago.  NSI has known about it for a good
>while too .. at least those 8 months, probably longer.  Do they fix it?  No!
>Do they bother to warn anyone about it? No!  That's one of the many reasons
>I abandoned them altogether.
>
>I still have a few domains with them and if I weren't afraid they would
>screw it up, I would transfer them to another registrar.  I at least changed
>my authentication scheme from E-mail to password, which supposedly fixes the
>problem.  It's very simple .. you would think NSI would warn people .. ya
>know?
>
>I'm just waiting for the day when some smart@$$ goes and finds a very high
>profile name that they can steal.  Then I'll laugh as NSI gets slapped with
>a lawsuit for negligence.  They probably have one of those super nifty
>clauses that says they aren't responsible for anything that ever did or ever
>will happen even if they do it on purpose, but that never stopped anyone
>from getting sued ;)
>
>Considering that the 'exploit' is centered around forged E-mail requests to
>make the changes and the way NSI's system handles those E-mails, I would
>assume that the problem is specific to them and does not affect any OpenSRS
>registrars ... right?
>
>Todd
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "John MacLeod" <john@macleodweb.com>
>To: <discuss-list@opensrs.org>
>Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2000 1:41 PM
>Subject: "Domain Names Hijacked" news article
>
>
>| Check out this article "Domain names hijacked in brazen new Net scam" in
>| todays' (June 1, 2000) Toronto Star...
>|
>|
>http://www.thestar.com/thestar/editorial/updates/business/20000601NEW01d_CI-
>| DOMAIN1.html
>|
>| This can't be good for anybody. Any comments...
>|
>| John MacLeod
>| john@macleodweb.com
>|
>|
>
>
>
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