I sincerely hope that those filing the lawsuits don't forget to include as defendents the BUYERS of the stolen traffic from Verisign.
John ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Kirikos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 3:10 PM Subject: Verisign squatting on RGP, Pending Delete, and ACTIVE names! > Hi, > > Not only is Verisign squatting on all unregistered domains, via their > wildcarding, they are also going after PENDING DELETE, RGP, and ACTIVE > domains with no nameservers. > > eg. http://www.a2u.net is being redirected to > > http://sitefinder.verisign.com/lpc?url=www.a2u.net&host=www.a2u.net > > to make them $$$$$ via Pay-Per-Click. > > Checking the Registry WHOIS for that one: > > 09/15/03 15:55:58 whois [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > whois -h whois.internic.net a2u.net ... > > Domain Name: A2U.NET > Registrar: GO DADDY SOFTWARE, INC. > Whois Server: whois.godaddy.com > Referral URL: http://registrar.godaddy.com > Name Server: NS3.MXDNS.COM > Name Server: NS4.MXDNS.COM > Status: REDEMPTIONPERIOD > Updated Date: 04-sep-2003 > Creation Date: 29-aug-2002 > Expiration Date: 29-aug-2003 > > >>> Last update of whois database: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 06:25:09 EDT <<< > > Now, let's find a domain name that is ACTIVE. Taking a look at the > WHOIS for 0c.net: > > 09/15/03 16:02:15 whois 0c.net > .net is a domain of Network services > Searches for .net can be run at http://www.crsnic.net/ > > whois -h whois.crsnic.net 0c.net ... > Redirecting to ALICES REGISTRY, INC. > > whois -h whois.ar.com 0c.net ... > > RW-Whois: v0.9 > > Registrant: > Buildable Ltd. > Harold Whiting > box 2177 > Santa Barbara, CA 93120 > US > > Domain Name: 0C.NET > Status: > > Administrative Contact: > Buildable Ltd. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Harold Whiting > box 2177 > Santa Barbara, CA 93120 > US > 805-886-4164 > > Billing Contact: > Buildable Ltd. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Harold Whiting > box 2177 > Santa Barbara, CA 93120 > US > 805-886-4164 > > Technical Contact: > Buildable Ltd. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Harold Whiting > box 2177 > Santa Barbara, CA 93120 > US > 805-886-4164 > > Record created on 10-Jun-2003 > Record expires on 10-Jun-2004 > > Domain servers in listed order: > > It doesn't expire until 2004. Even the Registry WHOIS validates this: > > 09/15/03 16:04:18 whois [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > whois -h whois.internic.net 0c.net ... > > Whois Server Version 1.3 > > Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered > with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net > for detailed information. > > Domain Name: 0C.NET > Registrar: ALICES REGISTRY, INC. > Whois Server: whois.ar.com > Referral URL: http://www.ar.com > Name Server: No nameserver > Status: ACTIVE > Updated Date: 10-jun-2003 > Creation Date: 10-jun-2003 > Expiration Date: 10-jun-2004 > > > >>> Last update of whois database: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 06:25:09 EDT <<< > > Yet, Verisign Registry has no qualms about resolving: > > http://www.0c.net/ to go to: > > http://sitefinder.verisign.com/lpc?url=www.0c.net&host=www.0c.net > > Who needs John Zuccarini, when you have Verisign!?!?!?! Looks like > Verisign has proven once and for all that the ICANN Board is full of > spineless jellyfish, and needs to be replaced with the ITU. > > At least with the ITU, we don't have paid jingles appearing when we > misdial a telephone number. > > Disgusted, > > George Kirikos > http://www.kirikos.com/ >
