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RE: [ga] vaticano.org allegations
One of the things that "seems odd" about this story is that the message from
NSI that is quoted in the press release is a response to an attempt to
modify contact information and/or name servers, not a payment attempt.
Another is that vaticano.org is *not* now registered to the Vatican:
Registrant:
Antonio Cappella (VATICANO17-DOM)
Via Prati della Farnesina 43
Rome, RM 00194
IT
Domain Name: VATICANO.ORG
Administrative Contact:
Francesco, De Menna (DMF160) dmf@DMS.IT
++39-06-2291650 (FAX) ++39-06-2291650
Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
De Menna, Giancarlo (GD3295) dmg@DMS.IT
++39-06-2291650 (FAX) ++39-06-2291650
Billing Contact:
DM Soft S.r.l. (DS705-ORG) dmsoft@DMS.IT
++39-6-2291650
Fax- ++39-6-2291650
Record last updated on 10-Dec-1999.
Record created on 10-Dec-1999.
Database last updated on 10-Jan-2000 13:08:41 EST.
Domain servers in listed order:
NS.DMS.IT 151.4.33.12
DM1.DMS.IT 151.4.33.9
Compare to:
Registrant:
Vatican City State, Holy See Secretariatof State (VATICAN4-DOM)
Cortile del Triangolo
Vatican City, Vatican City State 00120
VA
Domain Name: VATICAN.NET
Administrative Contact:
Zoebelein, Judith [Sister] (JZ146) sjz@VATICAN.VA
39-6-69882354
Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
Pasquini, Stefano (PS368) pasquini@VATICAN.VA
+39-06-69882354 (FAX) +39-06-69882067
Record last updated on 25-Nov-1996.
Record created on 25-Jun-1996.
Database last updated on 10-Jan-2000 13:08:41 EST.
Domain servers in listed order:
MICHAEL.VATICAN.VA 212.77.0.2
DNS.IT.NET 151.1.1.1
NS1.PIPEX.NET 158.43.192.7
GABRIEL.VATICAN.VA 194.91.153.249
NS0.PIPEX.NET 158.43.128.8
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ga@dnso.org [mailto:owner-ga@dnso.org]On Behalf Of Michael
> Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law
> Sent: Tuesday, 11 January 2000 11:30
> To: ga@dnso.org
> Cc: shollenb@netsol.com
> Subject: [ga] vaticano.org allegations
>
>
> According to the web page at http://www.rtmark.com/etoyvaticano.html,
> Network solutions spontaneously refused to allow the owners or
> vaticano.org to re-register the domain, and transferred it to the Vatican.
> It had been, the web page says, a heretical site.
>
> Here's the key allegation (reformatted):
>
> "At the expiring of the first year of contract , Network Solutions (the
> company that sells Internet domain names), prevented 0100101110101101.ORG
> from renewing the contract of "vaticano.org", which had been regularly
> bought. Network Solutions refused all the attempts of payment and,
> immediately upon the expiring of the contract, sold the domain name to a
> Catholic association in Rome.
>
> "> From: Domain Registration Role Account domreg@internic.net
> > Subject: Re: MODIFY DOMAIN vaticano.org
> >
> > Your request for MODIFY DOMAIN vaticano.org. could not be automatically
> processed.
> >
> > Your request has been queued for manual processing. This
> request will be
> processed in
> > accordance with established procedures."
>
> There are some things about the story that seem odd, not least the claim
> that original registration was just for one year (I thought they were
> always for 2 years?).
>
> Nevertheless, I would like to hear Network Solutions' side of the story,
> please.
>
> If it were the case that NetSol spontaneously refuses re-registrations for
> religious or political reasons, this would of course confirm every worst
> fear people have had about the DNS being used as a chokepoint to make it
> more difficult for some ideas to be found on the Internet.
>
> NSI knows that, which is why this is so hard to believe.
>
> --
>
> A. Michael Froomkin | Professor of Law | froomkin@law.tm
> U. Miami School of Law, P.O. Box 248087, Coral Gables, FL 33124 USA
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