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  1. Re:About time, move away from Network Solutions by nickjj · · Score: 1 · on Cloudflare Launches a Low-Cost Domain Registrar, Which Will Also Offer Free Privacy To Customers (arstechnica.com)

    Check out https://namesilo.com./ .com domains are $8.99 all the time and it includes free private registration for life.

    It's $1 more per year than Cloudflare except it's available now and includes free email forwarding (which Cloudflare does not).

  2. Re:No Duh. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1 · on GoDaddy Accounts Vulnerable To Social Engineering (and Photoshop)

    namesilo

    I use them for about 10 domains.
    The price is right. They also include a ton of stuff for free, like whois privacy,
    I've configured it to email me every time there is any action with the account, even just a login kicks off an email immediately.

  3. Very true - really depends on the registrar by caffeinejolt · · Score: 5, Informative · on Zero Errors? Spamhaus Flubs Causing Domain Deletions
    I wrote the backend for a registrar (NameSilo) and still help out with their developers from time to time. Because they offer free privacy and low prices - they get a lot of black hat use. Spamhaus frequently sends them abuse complaints and I have seen a few of them. What is amazing is that most of them offer little to no evidence of the wrongs a given domain has done. I am literally pasting from an email I was copied on here:

    From NameSilo regarding an alleged malware domain:

    Hi Thomas, We would like to help expedite this since it involves potential malware, but you don't give us much to go on here. Can you please review: http://www.namesilo.com/Support/Abuse-Reporting-Procedures

    From Spamhaus:

    This domain name is operated by cybercriminals and used to provide DNS resolution to botnet domains, aimed to steal thousands of $$$ from financial institutions. Please suspend it.

    So in short - the registrar asked for evidence that the domain was violating their terms of service and spamhaus simply replies they are cybercriminals... trust us! After seeing other abuse reports from them, I can tell you that spamhaus has a very snub attitude and expects to be listened to. Once when Namesilo did not listen to them enough to their liking, they added namesilo.com to their RBL - they had me modify their MTA to route email around the block, but still - I think you can see the problem here - someone has to keep spamhaus in check.

  4. Very true - really depends on the registrar by caffeinejolt · · Score: 5, Informative · on Zero Errors? Spamhaus Flubs Causing Domain Deletions
    I wrote the backend for a registrar (NameSilo) and still help out with their developers from time to time. Because they offer free privacy and low prices - they get a lot of black hat use. Spamhaus frequently sends them abuse complaints and I have seen a few of them. What is amazing is that most of them offer little to no evidence of the wrongs a given domain has done. I am literally pasting from an email I was copied on here:

    From NameSilo regarding an alleged malware domain:

    Hi Thomas, We would like to help expedite this since it involves potential malware, but you don't give us much to go on here. Can you please review: http://www.namesilo.com/Support/Abuse-Reporting-Procedures

    From Spamhaus:

    This domain name is operated by cybercriminals and used to provide DNS resolution to botnet domains, aimed to steal thousands of $$$ from financial institutions. Please suspend it.

    So in short - the registrar asked for evidence that the domain was violating their terms of service and spamhaus simply replies they are cybercriminals... trust us! After seeing other abuse reports from them, I can tell you that spamhaus has a very snub attitude and expects to be listened to. Once when Namesilo did not listen to them enough to their liking, they added namesilo.com to their RBL - they had me modify their MTA to route email around the block, but still - I think you can see the problem here - someone has to keep spamhaus in check.

  5. namesilo.com by caffeinejolt · · Score: 1 · on GoDaddy Sells To Investor Group

    http://www.namesilo.com/

  6. NameSilo by caffeinejolt · · Score: 1 · on The Ascendancy of .co

    NameSilo - I would highly recommend them

  7. Re:Just dealt with this this week by NotSanguine · · Score: 1 · on Lamebook Sues Facebook Over Trademark Infringement

    [snip] Facebook / markmonitor.com decide for some reason that it infringes on their trademark based on this page: http://www.customerservicescoreboard.com/Facebook Which leads to the following big waste of time/resources simply to tell their legal team to leave them alone: 1) they receive the complaint 2) they contact their registrar http://www.namesilo.com/ to find out what problems if any they have with their domain 3) NameSilo recommends some trademark attorney and 4) the attorney files a response (http://www.customerservicescoreboard.com/images/CustomerServiceScoreboard_Facebook_Response.pdf) which more or less tells Facebook to please leave them alone and that their trademark infringement case is baseless. Facebook ended up dropping the threat. But this goes to show you how ridiculous the situation has become. Sites like Facebook employ services like Markmonitor.com to basically send out thousands of trademark and/or dmca threats.

    One of the quirks of American trademark law is that if a trademark holder does not aggressively "defend" its trademark it risks losing said trademark. But before you decry this as just another vulgar americanism, remember that this is not just a really dumb aspect to trademark law -- It's a jobs program for lawyers. N.B.: IANAL

  8. Just dealt with this this week by caffeinejolt · · Score: 1 · on Lamebook Sues Facebook Over Trademark Infringement

    This site is pretty straight forward: http://www.customerservicescoreboard.com/ - people can score companies based on the customer service they provide. Facebook / markmonitor.com decide for some reason that it infringes on their trademark based on this page: http://www.customerservicescoreboard.com/Facebook Which leads to the following big waste of time/resources simply to tell their legal team to leave them alone: 1) they receive the complaint 2) they contact their registrar http://www.namesilo.com/ to find out what problems if any they have with their domain 3) NameSilo recommends some trademark attorney and 4) the attorney files a response (http://www.customerservicescoreboard.com/images/CustomerServiceScoreboard_Facebook_Response.pdf) which more or less tells Facebook to please leave them alone and that their trademark infringement case is baseless. Facebook ended up dropping the threat. But this goes to show you how ridiculous the situation has become. Sites like Facebook employ services like Markmonitor.com to basically send out thousands of trademark and/or dmca threats.