Jack (et al)
Deterrent? There is a significant investment to become accredited - I don't
think one that could be paid for by dealing in the speculation market. The
extra connections and bandwidth you'd get wouldn't warrant you the names
required to make it a fruitful venture.
Charles Daminato
OpenSRS Product Manager
Tucows Inc. - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jack Broughton
> Sent: August 16, 2001 11:45 AM
> To: Charles Daminato
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Verisign Temporarily Discontinues Drops
>
>
> Here's a question that the powers that be at OpenSRS could answer.
>
> How big a deterrent is there, if Verisign were to impose rate-limiting
> technology that is, for a given Registrar to setup other registrars
> authorized as separate entities (different names etc.) with Verisign
> such that they could aggregate their connection sockets to the
> registration system and in essence garner a larger playing field than
> single connection set registrars?
>
> I'm assuming there's a big dollar investment to become and accredited
> registrar or some other such detterent making this approach turn into an
> unviable business case? If there isn't of course they'd need to take
> steps to ensure that registrars don't setup dummy clones of themselves.
>
> Jack Broughton
> CanTech Solutions
>
> Charles Daminato wrote:
> >
> > Colin (et al...)
> >
> > a) Dropping names randomly may only entice the 'naughty' registrars to
> > hammer the registry ALL the time. Bad solution...
> >
> > b) I agree, whole heartedly, with every fiber of my soul. There's gotta
> > be a breach there somewhere....
> >
> > Anyone heard of rate-limiting technology? We have it - works
> MOST of the
> > time ;)
> >
> > Charles Daminato
> > TUCOWS Product Manager
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Colin Viebrock wrote:
> >
> > > > VeriSign Global Registry Services (VeriSign GRS), after consultation
> > > > with ICANN, will temporarily cease batch releases of
> deleted com, .net
> > > > and ..org domain names to assure continued service quality
> within the
> > > > Shared Registration System (SRS).
> > >
> > > Well, that's the stupidest solution I've ever heard. Bravo, Verisign.
> > >
> > > Did anyone consider the following ideas:
> > >
> > > a) drop domains sometime during a random window of time,
> instead of at the
> > > same time each day?
> > >
> > > b) contacting the registrars who you know to be abusing the system and
> > > either telling them to stop, or revoking their access?
> > >
> > > Either of these ideas would solve your problem, and are far
> more equitable
> > > to the entire registrar and registrant community than your half-baked
> > > knee-jerk
> > > reaction.
> > >
> > > - Colin
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
