"Guardian" only protects the record from modification by unauthorized users; there is no (publicly known) verification done on the actual contents of authorized modifications. This is another facet of NSI no longer checking for SOAs before accepting a domain. Stephen Sez Michael Shields:
Isn't that what Guardian was for?
Sez Robert A. Pickering Jr:
However, the facts still stand. InterNIC registered the domains to the Microsoft nameservers, without having to clear it. That concerns me. -- Unsolicited commercial/propaganda email subject to legal action. Under US Code Title 47, Sec.227(a)(2)(B), Sec.227(b)(1)(C), and Sec.227(b)(3)(C), a State may impose a fine of not less than $500 per message. Read the full text of Title 47 Sec 227 at http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/47/227.html