There you go again William.
Give yourself a rest long enough to see the result of what is happening.
You are talking blame. People, and more sadly the Press, are going to talk
appearances.
Somehow Tocuws/OpenSRS is seeming to get the press of being the last refuge
of the scoundrel Tandoko and the registrar offering him sanctuary. Untrue
and unjust this may be, still the name is there in every article regarding
the theft.
Philippe is right in saying that Tucows needs to do something, or even be
seen to be doing something in this situation.
Osmana Bin Laden's very presence in Afghanistan is enough to give the
Country and all associated with it doubtful credibility, not to mention high
avoidability. Since we have plighted our Troth with Tucows/OpenSRS we get
asked the questions.
NSI may be the dregs of the Earth but they are seen to be acting on the
issue till they come to a particular point and say that they are unable to
take action without Tucows. As one article says:
"The situation is currently at an impasse. The whois record still shows the
site with the alleged thief, going by the name of Billy Tandoko, registered
as administrative contact, technical contact, zone contact and billing
contact for the domain. Network Solutions is still waiting to hear back from
TUCOWS about what they intend to do to correct the fraudulent domain name
transfer. TUCOWS did not respond to calls from InternetNews for additional
details."
I am not sure what, but something needs to be done.
-AR
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-discuss-list@opensrs.org
[mailto:owner-discuss-list@opensrs.org]On Behalf Of William X. Walsh
Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2000 12:19 AM
To: Philippe Landau
Cc: discuss-list@opensrs.org
Subject: Re: Tucows silence bad for business (was: "Domain Names
Hijacked" news article
Hello Philippe,
Friday, June 02, 2000, 10:50:20 AM, you wrote:
PL> on Thu, 1 Jun 2000, "Rodney Payne" <opensrs@anthill.com> wrote:
>>Can't opensrs help these people??
PL> The situation is currently at an impasse. The whois record still
PL> shows the site with the alleged thief, going by the name of Billy
Tandoko, registered as administrative contact, technical contact, zone
contact
PL> and billing contact for the domain. Network Solutions is still
PL> waiting to hear back from TUCOWS about what they intend to do
PL> to correct the fraudulent domain name transfer. TUCOWS did not
PL> respond to calls from InternetNews for additional details.
PL> http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article/0,2171,3_386441,00.html
Don't believe NSI :) They've blatently lied to the press on similar
issues in the past.
PL> not only does Tucows/OpenSRS give NSI an undeserved
PL> PR-advantage, it is also very disappointing that they
PL> did not act swiftly and as soon as the events became known.
PL> Tucows - why ?
This problem rests squarely on NSI's shoulders. Their mail-from
security problem permitted the admin contact to be changed. Any
delays or other problems are a direct result of that, and no one but
NSI should bear any responsibility for it. NSI may try and shift it,
because they want to pretend they aren't culpable for the original
change.
-- Best regards, William mailto:william@userfriendly.com
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