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GoDaddy: .EU Domain Hijacked
From: "Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 19:40:36 GMT
Via BetaNews. [snip] n a scathing blog entry posted on Sunday, GoDaddy.com CEO Bob Parsons attacked European registry EURid for "grand manipulation and lax administration" regarding the recent opening of the .eu top-level domain. Parsons said the process turned into a large scam involving hundreds of fake registrars. The .eu domain opened on Friday for what was called the "landrush" registration phase. During this period, accredited registrars such as GoDaddy could register domains for their customers using a process similar to standing in line. A registrar could request one domain at a time and then would be shuffled to the end of the line until the other registrars had a turn. [snip] More: http://www.betanews.com/article/GoDaddy_eu_Domain_Hijacked/1144696747 Parsons' blog entry: http://www.bobparsons.com/EULandrushFiasco.html - ferg -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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