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New Rules Make Domain Hijacking Easier
Tanktalus writes "Netcraft seems to have a little ditty about new rules from ICANN that take effect on Friday making it easier to hijack domain names. Essentially, if someone tries to take your domain, and you don't answer within 5 days, they now assume you are okay with the transfer. Previously, the default answer was no, and you had to explicitly state your acceptance of the domain transfer. Owners of small domains, beware: no more computerless vacations that last more than 4 days at a time!"
*waits for the slashdot editors to take a week's vacation*
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cronjob /usr/sbin/sendmail myregrisbator.com
every Tues and Fri
echo "I refuse permission to transfer domainname.com ">
if a few million domain names did likewise...
How about just hijacking icann.org?
Suppose we sent a transfer request every minute, on the minute.
If we submitted ENOUGH of them, surely they'll forget to reply to ONE of them. And we'll have the domain name, cleanly by their own policies. They'd have no means of recourse.
1. Use a DDOS on the ICANN's website so they can't respond for 5 days. :D
2. Ask to buy their domain
3. Wait 'till they can't answer....
4. You're done!
OK, you missed my penis joke.
I did too, until I returned with a small reading light and a magnifying glass.
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If anyone registers www.microsoft.com
I would recommend having your lawyers ready...
12 billion in lawyers is a good start...
The truth shall set you free!
Yeah!
Lets all overwrite our sendmail daemons with one line of text. That'll show em!
How would you notice?
(this is meant as a lighthearted jest).
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I've had a .org domain for about 2.5 years. I used a unique address specifically for the admin e-mail in the WHOIS data, and never got any spam addressed to it... until a few months ago when a slow but steady trickle started. I changed the address to one of the form abuse@... and haven't had any more spam (so far) 8-).