Actually, the Admin email address (domain portion) was misspelt, and the
hijacker registered the mispelt version of the domain name to 'get
control' (kinda intelligent, in a seedy-dirty-sneaky sorta way).
Charles Daminato
TUCOWS Product Manager
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Len Thomson wrote:
> I assume then that the Email address had something like HOTMAIL or YAHOO in
> it.... - A very good reason for not using a "free " provider for the admin
> contact then.....
>
> Len Thomson
> L.A. Consulting Ltd
> Auckland
> New Zealand
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Charles Daminato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "cpaul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 12:27 PM
> Subject: Re: Domain HiJack Tactics...
>
>
> Interestingly enough, the information was "valid", albeit not to whom they
> expected the recipient to be ;)
>
> Charles Daminato
> TUCOWS Product Manager
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> On Thu, 21 Jun 2001, Charles Daminato wrote:
>
> > The address has to be something we can send correspondence to, afaik -
> > you'd have to read the registrant agreement to be sure (I don't know off
> > the top of my head).
> >
> > Charles Daminato
> > TUCOWS Product Manager
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, cpaul wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > > A domain is registered with a typo for the Admin contact email (for
> the
> > > > whole handle, at a registrar that uses handles). Someone registers
> the
> > > > mistyped domain, waits a while, then sets the MX to themself and
> creates a
> > > > catch-all email account. They request a transfer, and gets the
> > > > confirmation from the gaining registrar. The losing registrar sends
> an
> > > > accept as well - of course to the misspelt admin email, which is also
> > > > approved. Domain gets transfered.
> > >
> > > i guess this goes together with the rules for having valid contact
> > > information registered for the domain. which reminds me, i wanted
> > > to ask... when i register a name at resellers.opensrs it asks for
> > > a street address. is it violating any agreements if we enter a
> > > post office box address here? i'm not sure if you call it a post
> > > office box in canada or the us but i hope you know what i mean by
> > > that term.
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