And of course we aren't to use the information from the whois database for marketing purposes. And yet NSI does. Most recently was a spam from Doug Wolford today which was sent to tech contacts attempting to sell us on their ecommerce solution I think. Trashed it of course.
Since the rules don't apply to them, they don't apply to anybody else.
And remember the old days when a.net,.org or.com meant something? At one time, NSI would check the.net and.org registration templates to make sure the company met the qualifications much as is done with a.edu but I believe the excuse given is it is no longer possible with the volume. Not possible to do the job right. Not possible to live by the rules.
And.... seems they fixed that long message on the whois display by adding line feeds. Bet that broke a few scripts again today.
NSI seems to be striking back at everyone for the hacking that was done last week on their ns2 machine that pointed everyone to www.icann.org
NSI served notice (as I understand) to the large domain hosting firms hours before the change in the whois was made. However, as there was no way to test their script modifications, most found they had useless scripts Wednesday morning.
They are definitely striking back at Register.Com as well. Take for example a domain modification. If you simply send in a modify template without checking first to see if the domain is a regular domain, a WhirlNick domain or a register.com domain and it turns out to be a WhirlNick domain you receive email telling you how to modify the domain. If it is a Register.Com domain you are told the domain name isn't registered. Totally bogus answer aimed at causing confusion.
Perhaps ICANN should serve hours notice on NSI and Register.Com that they will, effective immediately, provide a consolidated whois server and both companies are required to send their daily updates to ICANN's server.
Remember, NSI no longer sets the rules. ICANN is in charge. NSI is subject to ICANN's wishes which if we all get involved translates into OUR wishes.
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And of course we aren't to use the information from the whois database for marketing purposes. And yet NSI does. Most recently was a spam from Doug Wolford today which was sent to tech contacts attempting to sell us on their ecommerce solution I think. Trashed it of course.
.net, .org or .com meant something? At one time, NSI would check the .net and .org registration templates to make sure the company met the qualifications much as is done with a .edu but I believe the excuse given is it is no longer possible with the volume. Not possible to do the job right. Not possible to live by the rules.
.... seems they fixed that long message on the whois display by adding line feeds. Bet that broke a few scripts again today.
Since the rules don't apply to them, they don't apply to anybody else.
And remember the old days when a
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NSI seems to be striking back at everyone for the hacking that was done last week on their ns2 machine that pointed everyone to www.icann.org
NSI served notice (as I understand) to the large domain hosting firms hours before the change in the whois was made. However, as there was no way to test their script modifications, most found they had useless scripts Wednesday morning.
They are definitely striking back at Register.Com as well. Take for example a domain modification. If you simply send in a modify template without checking first to see if the domain is a regular domain, a WhirlNick domain or a register.com domain and it turns out to be a WhirlNick domain you receive email telling you how to modify the domain. If it is a Register.Com domain you are told the domain name isn't registered. Totally bogus answer aimed at causing confusion.
Perhaps ICANN should serve hours notice on NSI and Register.Com that they will, effective immediately, provide a consolidated whois server and both companies are required to send their daily updates to ICANN's server.
Remember, NSI no longer sets the rules. ICANN is in charge. NSI is subject to ICANN's wishes which if we all get involved translates into OUR wishes.