Re: Domain security a registry issue (WAS: Re: More Stolen Domains -- not FUD)

From: Ross Rader (ross@tucows.com)
Date: Wed Jan 19 2005 - 08:32:09 EST


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On 19/01/2005 8:13 AM Dave Warren noted that;

| Unless I'm missing something, accepting payment and not providing
| service is called fraud, isn't it? -- So they should be obligated to add
| the years to the domain if they're accepting the cash.

It all depends on the definition of "service". The registries argue that
what they provide is the registration function (insert a record into a
database) and a management function (let me modify those records). The
actual content of those records is of little consequence for their
business model - we're the ones with the end-users, not them. Hence,
registrars are often left holding the economic bag - which has the
result of passing a lot of unecessary costs along to end-users.

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~ -rwr

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