From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 16 11:17:43 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7A551065691 for ; Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:17:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from QMTA04.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net (qmta04.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net [76.96.62.40]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60B5A8FC1D for ; Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:17:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from OMTA03.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.27]) by QMTA04.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id TNl31a0010bG4ec54PHiRx; Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:17:42 +0000 Received: from koitsu.dyndns.org ([69.181.141.110]) by OMTA03.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id TPHh1a0092P6wsM3PPHiW6; Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:17:42 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=gbE8mUoeygEA:10 a=EtOaCq7pQ-QA:10 a=tjL-BufnAAAA:8 a=QycZ5dHgAAAA:8 a=xiRhw3ZNIb-w4LJtdoQA:9 a=e9GO9XefVcRY1BbWW84A:7 a=gZD07QIiJRz2HETWxmkc5PKCv88A:4 a=4zdsmkiVlbYA:10 a=fgf5PR_cwQYA:10 a=EoioJ0NPDVgA:10 a=Ppjd8thYfXYA:10 a=LY0hPdMaydYA:10 Received: by icarus.home.lan (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 970F3C9419; Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:17:41 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:17:41 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: Michael Powell Message-ID: <20081016111741.GA8548@icarus.home.lan> References: <20081015222456.GO86263@tnn.dglawrence.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Breach of Contract Reported for FREEBSD.ORG X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:17:43 -0000 On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 07:15:35AM -0400, Michael Powell wrote: > David G Lawrence wrote: > > >> Dear Customer, > >> > >> It has been brought to our attention that some or all of the information > >> associated with your domain name FREEBSD.ORG is outdated or incorrect. > >> These types of complaints are brought to our attention in one of two > >> ways. > >> > >> The most common type of complaint is received from the Internet > >> Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). ICANN is the > >> non-profit corporation responsible for accrediting domain name > >> registrars. ICANN requires domain name registration customers to keep > >> their account information current. ICANN mandates that outdated contact > >> information can be grounds for domain name cancellation. > > > > Michelle, > > > > The registration information for freebsd.org is correct. The only thing > > that is out of date is one of the email addresses (dg@root.com), which I > > have tried to change, but have been unable to due to a problem with the > > Network Solutions website. > > I don't know who reported that the information was incorrect, but they > > are mistaken. I will additionally follow up in the other ways mentioned > > in your message. > > > [snip] > > ICANN requires registrars to verify the domain info once a year. I just went > through this with GoDaddy. I think the registrars see this as an > opportunity to market services. Different registrars bungle their marketing > effort in different ways. GoDaddy sent me instructions on what to do in > order to correct errors, but had absolutely nothing on how to proceed if > the information was correct. So I viewed this as something they could take > advantage of in order to get me to their site for a "hard sell" campaign. So how do you folks who comply with ICANN's requirement deal with this? http://blog.forret.com/2004/12/domain-registry-of-america-scam/ -- This organisation is now known as "Domain Renewal Group", by the way. I'm quite interested in knowing; it might be tolerable if you've only one domain, but if you're a hosting provider and have 100? Let me know. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |