I didn't put this in the post because it would've made it too long (and who
wants to be left out of the Slashdot
Omelette?): Everyone is nervous about the proxy ownership thing. When you buy the service,
their agreement entitles you to full rights of ownership.
There's no way for you to lose control over your domain, unless you do something
stupid, like run a spam shop. They've got a great anti-spam
policy that should keep out all the nasties trying to use the service.
I did my homework before going in on this, and it looks to me like a great way
to avoid all the crap (spam, marketing, etc..) that comes with a domain
name. I can see that other people (like someone trying to run a family
website, or someone trying to shake a stalker) would have an even better use for
this. It's a heck of a lot better than using fake WHOIS data, since you
can't get your domain taken away.
Since many people don't do DNS admin on a daily basis, the general public doesn't realize how awful and annoying things like OpenNIC or New.net really are. Alternate roots are the work of the devil!!:o) There's an interesting story at internic's site ( http://www.internic.net/faqs/authoritative-dns.htm l ) that explains about how authoritative roots are good, and New.net is bad.
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Anyone up for a little trip to Nellis? With a stop in Las vegas on the way?
I didn't put this in the post because it would've made it too long (and who wants to be left out of the Slashdot Omelette?): Everyone is nervous about the proxy ownership thing. When you buy the service, their agreement entitles you to full rights of ownership. There's no way for you to lose control over your domain, unless you do something stupid, like run a spam shop. They've got a great anti-spam policy that should keep out all the nasties trying to use the service. I did my homework before going in on this, and it looks to me like a great way to avoid all the crap (spam, marketing, etc..) that comes with a domain name. I can see that other people (like someone trying to run a family website, or someone trying to shake a stalker) would have an even better use for this. It's a heck of a lot better than using fake WHOIS data, since you can't get your domain taken away.
Since many people don't do DNS admin on a daily basis, the general public doesn't realize how awful and annoying things like OpenNIC or New.net really are. Alternate roots are the work of the devil!! :o) There's an interesting story at internic's site ( http://www.internic.net/faqs/authoritative-dns.htm l ) that explains about how authoritative roots are good, and New.net is bad.
"Friends don't let friends use alternate roots"