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ICANN Moves To Disable Domain Tasting

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the not-before-time dept.

jehnx writes "Following Google's crackdown on 'domain tasters', ICANN has voted unanimously to eliminate the free period that many domain buyers have been taking advantage of. At the same meeting they also discussed Network Solutions' front running but took no action on it."

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  1. Is this really about domain tasting by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 5, Informative

    Or domain kiting? In tasting, customers register the domain for 5 days and use that up and then let it expire. In kiting, they delete the domain before the grace period is up and then re-register for another 5 day grace for the same domain.

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    1. Re:Is this really about domain tasting by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 4, Informative

      Well, of the two practices, kiting is perhaps the more harmful practice, since the lather, rinse, repeat cycle essentially allows people to skate on paying, but still holding onto the domain.

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  2. Re:Where's the tag? by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 5, Informative

    For those that don't know, Bruce Tonkin holds shares in Melbourne IT, which is an ICANN-approved registrar. Hence his conflict of interest.

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  3. Re:Network Solutions by morcego · · Score: 3, Informative

    Humm, please correct if I'm wrong, but doesn't getting rid of domain tasting pretty much stops NSI from doing this front running scheme ?

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  4. Re:Network Solutions by julesh · · Score: 3, Informative

    Couldn't you just do a DNS request to see if a domain is taken?

    Some ISPs compile a database of DNS requests for non-existant domains and sell these to the people who put up those obnoxious advertising sites. Your lookup may trigger one of these companies to buy the domain.

  5. Re:good move by Aladrin · · Score: 2, Informative

    TFA said they implemented this 'feature' for those who accidentally register a domain. (I assume that's for misspellings, etc.) They didn't forsee it being used like this. They came to the conclusion that the harm caused by tasting greatly outweighs the benefits of letting someone off the hook for a mistake.

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  6. Re:Overall a great decision, but . . . by racyrefinedraj · · Score: 2, Informative

    Either we are talking about different "Pirogis," or you still don't have the right transliteration: Pierogi Of course, the article does mention that you've got options: "(also perogi, perogy, pirohi, piroghi, pirogi, pirogen, piroshke or pyrohy)"

  7. Re:KISS by Neanderthal+Ninny · · Score: 2, Informative

    Ditto.
    It is the spammers, phishers and other malware makers that abuse the "tasting" of the domains. They take the domain and then spam, phish and other junk at you then when you finally have can check and have law enforcement to go after them then they disappear with the "tasted" domain. Also the "tasted" domain is also on every blacklist in the world so when someone tries to use that domain "tasted" you can't do anything with it since it is blacklisted.
    Like anything the in the world, some people abuse something and then the "ban" it so that other people can't use it. It is a pity was have come to this point in our existence.