On 08/31/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In trying to track down a target to go after for some porno SPAM I've been
> receiving, I noticed two curious things. These two porno spammers:
> membersinfodirectory.com, and t*tbusters.com, are both registered througn
> opensrs and TUCOWS. I'm not quite sure of the relationship between TUCOWS
> and opensrs, but they are hooked together.
Yes, TUCOWS started and still operates OpenSRS. OpenSRS is a
domain registrar, not a hosting company; all they know about
the user of a domain is the info in WHOIS and maybe a credit
card number.
ICANN, which oversees all registrars, doesn't have a policy
against spam, and it's unclear whether registrars are allowed
to turn off domain names when the domain is used in spam. Some
registrars do it anyway, but most don't because they think the
ICANN rules don't allow it, or they're not sure.
Personally, I'm in the "not sure" camp -- so I'd like to see
ICANN make this (and a lot of other things) clearer, preferrably
after a period of public comment and debate.
--
J.D. Falk I'm dancing at your evolution.
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