Hey everyone, I was checking my news today and noticed that network solutions is domain front running. As you probably already know, this is the practice of registering domains as they are being searched for. I've tested it my self a few times and I can confirm that this is going on. Go to networksolutions.com and type in a random string of characters. Good chance it will say it's available to register. Now if you go to godaddy.com , register.com or pretty much anywhere else and run the same random string it will show that the domain is now unavailable.
I only ever have used godaddy, register and NSI, near as I can tell NSI is the only one doing this right now. I guess I can see a business case for this, i.e. the domain was searched for, so lets snatch it up so the guy/gal buying it doesn't lose it while trying to register. But honestly either all registrars should do this or no registrar should do this. Also NSI is in a priviledged position in that they are the primary registrar for .com i.e. all .com domains are doled out by network solutions. Has anyone noticed similar behavior with other registrars? Sincerely, Steve /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
