Someone mentioned earlier that Verisign could issue an official- looking cert for an invalid domain. They accidentally issued a cert to a Microsoft imposter. Although it presumably would be illegal (IANAL), what's to say a valid cert wouldn't "accidentally" be issued for a competitor at the same time DNS records "accidentally" pointed to the wrong place? Think UltraDNS.com, GeoTrust.com, IPSCA.com, et cetera, as potential "accident victims". Unverified MAIL-FROM auth. Broken PGP auth. Keeping expired domains. Claiming they own domain names, and allow customers to use them as a "service". Redirecting the InterNIC neutral site to themselves. $150 during the domain "holding period". The Domain Registry of America scam. The CA screwup. The current DNS wildcard scandal. What's next? Looking at NetSOL's track record, I'd say they're unfit to provide the services they claim to. I also believe the Dept of Commerce threatened to revoke NSI's registrar privileges during the InterNIC homepage incident. Perhaps it's time to revisit this. Anyone with proper government or press ("domain service provider hijacks untold number of unregistered domains") contacts? Eddy -- Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - EverQuick Internet Division Bandwidth, consulting, e-commerce, hosting, and network building Phone: +1 785 865 5885 Lawrence and [inter]national Phone: +1 316 794 8922 Wichita _________________________________________________________________ DO NOT send mail to the following addresses : blacklist@brics.com -or- alfra@intc.net -or- curbjmp@intc.net Sending mail to spambait addresses is a great way to get blocked.