Re[2]: [Icann warns domain registrars of back door access]

From: William X Walsh (william@userfriendly.com)
Date: Wed Feb 13 2002 - 16:48:23 EST


Wednesday, Wednesday, February 13, 2002, 1:30:50 PM, George Kirikos wrote:

> Hello,

> --- Loren Stocker <loren@800.net> wrote:
>> What are they talking about here? Snapnames? Or, unknown hackers?
>> What's the
>> rule?

> From:

> http://www.icann.org/announcements/advisory-12feb02.htm

> "It appears that the third party has been claiming it offered the best
> chance to acquire expired names. Registrars allowing, in violation of
> the above provisions, a third party to enjoy the registrars' access to
> the registry are responsible for the superior-access claims that third
> party makes."

> among other lines in the advisory. If this was Cinderella, the glass
> slipper would appear to fit....

Not to me. Snapnames registered domains show up in the whois when
registered, etc, the things the advisory mentions did not happen in
this case.

But I may be wrong, I'm trying to read between the lines, and wish
they would just spell out what happened.

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William X Walsh <william@userfriendly.com>
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