Why? I've got email from their brass admitting that their PGP
authentication doesn't work; you can register using any name, city, phone
number or DNS server you want (whether they exist or not; you don't even
have to use numbers in the phone number area); they refuse to administer
WhoIs in any manner whatsoever; they can't even afford anyone to answer the
phones anywhere but on the payment lines.
It shouldn't surprise you that it took 4 days...it should surprise you that
you were able to do it at all.
Spam: it's not just for breakfast anymore....
Dean Robb
PC-Easy
On-site computer services
(757) 495-EASY [3279]
For a good example of this, whois perhaps.youwant.to, then
nslookup perhaps.youwant.to. It looks like someone tried to pull
a Kashpureff that didn't really succeed.
The nslookup version of perhaps.youwant.to came first, by the way.
So what can we do to actually get something done about it? Anyone?
-dalvenjah
Currently, I'm talking to a couple of people in the computer news world
(one electronic, one electronic and print) about doing a nice expose-style
article. Seems that we should be getting SOMETHING for our $100, no?
Within the last couple of weeks, a small-scale write-in campaign was
conducted by news.admin.net.abuse.email and SPAM-L folks over NSI's
statement that false information in WhoIs wasn't an issue anyone cared
about. It did prompt NSI to delete SOME of the false data...not the domain
that the registrant lied to get, just the obviously false data itself
(phone number, address, et alia)...on the most complained-about accounts.
A feeble sop to the complainants at best.
There is also at least one attorney who has expressed interest in a
class-action lawsuit (alleging breach of contract and using some very
interesting old [but still in force] laws regarding government
contractors). I'm not pursuing that avenue actively at this time,
hopefully pressure and/or outcry will force NSI to just do what they are
supposed to do and enforce their contract.
Spam: it's not just for breakfast anymore....
Dean Robb
PC-Easy
On-site computer services
(757) 495-EASY [3279]