RE: Tucows silence bad for business (was: "Domain Names Hijacked" news article

From: Mark Collette (mark@hyperbyte.ab.ca)
Date: Fri Jun 02 2000 - 18:30:52 EDT


OK, isn't it rule #1 to not make any of the contact email addresses for a
registered domain, in that actual domain. Say you need to change DNS
stuff, then you might not be able to get the confirmation emails.

Mark Collette
hyperbyte inc.

> >Philippe is right in saying that Tucows needs to do something, or even be
> >seen to be doing something in this situation.
>
>
> It appears as if they already have ..
>
>
> telnet whois.opensrs.net 43
> Trying 216.6.59.184...
> Connected to whois.opensrs.net.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> web.net
> Registrant:
> Web Networks
> 401 Richmond Street West Suite #384
> Toronto, Ontario M5V 3A8
> CA
>
> Domain Name: WEB.NET
>
> Administrative Contact:
> Contact (DAC3-ORG, NDS Administrative dns-admin@web.net
> 416-596-0212
>
> Technical Contact:
> Contact (DTC5-ORG), DNS Technical dns@web.net
> 416-596-0296
>
> Billing Contact:
> Contact (DAC3-ORG, NDS Administrative dns-admin@web.net
> 416-596-0212
>
>
> Record last updated on 1-Jun-2000.
> Record expires on 24-May-2001.
> Record Created on 26-May-1993.
>
> Domain servers in listed order:
> NS.WEB.NET 192.139.37.2
> NS2.WEB.NET 192.139.37.4
>
> Connection closed by foreign host.
>
>
> The problem with some people is that
> when they aren't drunk, they're sober.
> --William Butler Yeats
>



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