At 19:02 3/18/98 -0500, you wrote:
I'm still shocked that it took 4 days to motify my NIC Handle.
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]
On Wed, Mar 18, 1998 at 11:54:06PM -0500, Dean Robb put this into my mailbox:
At 19:02 3/18/98 -0500, you wrote:
I'm still shocked that it took 4 days to motify my NIC Handle.
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.
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 -- Dalvenjah FoxFire (aka Sven Nielsen) "Life is anything that dies when Founder, the DALnet IRC Network you stomp on it." -Dave Barry e-mail: dalvenjah@dal.net WWW: http://www.dal.net/~dalvenjah/ whois: SN90 Try DALnet! http://www.dal.net/
At 22:59 3/18/98 -0800, you wrote:
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?
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]
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