At 5:30 AM +0000 5/21/07, Fergie wrote:
Why not? The Registrars seem sto being doing a great job of expediting the activation of new domains -- why can't they de-activate them just as quickly when they find out they are being used for malicious purposes?
The "business interests" of the registrars, that's why.
Not to defend those doing malicious things, or service providers that consciously hide such for money, but there is another reason why removal/blockage/filtering/etc doesn't always happen in a timely manner, and that's the legal liability. In larger organizations, the potential for liability can result in a real administrative burden of paperwork before getting the green light to terminate. I don't know if that's the case here, but would recommend against jumping to greed as the only possible reason for hesitation in moving against such folks. /John