From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Dec 18 14:22:42 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from omnis.com (omnis-mail.omnis.com [216.239.128.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3365237B41B for ; Tue, 18 Dec 2001 14:22:25 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 18972 invoked from network); 18 Dec 2001 22:22:23 -0000 Received: from brad.omnis.com (HELO brad) (216.239.128.128) by omnis-mail.omnis.com with SMTP; 18 Dec 2001 22:22:23 -0000 From: "Brad Schuetz" To: Subject: RE: What if registrar folds? Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 14:22:23 -0800 Organization: Omnis Network, LLC Message-ID: <000801c18812$77246fb0$8080efd8@OMNIS.COM> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2627 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 In-Reply-To: <20011218102924.G79003-100000@arnold.neland.dk> Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org As a registrar I can tell you it's been thought of. There are agreements in place with ICANN for every registrar that covers the possibility of an individual registrar going bankrupt. Your domain is safe. I obviously have bias, but I don't see why anyone would stick with NSI. :) -Brad Sys Admin Omnis Network, LLC -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of Leif Neland Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 1:36 AM To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: OT: What if registrar folds? If I've registrered a .com-domain at a registrar, but my own nameservers hold the domain, what happens if the registrar goes bankrupt? The domain is still registrered in my name, and the GTLD-servers will continue to point to my nameservers unless somebody actively removes it, i guess. It might be an inconvenience if I need to change whois-information, but nobody can "steal" my domain, right? As somebody else mentioned, I'm pretty sure some other registrar will buy the portfolio of customers quickly. So is there _really_ a reason to stick with overpriced NSI/Verisign? Leif To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message