From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Dec 18 1:33:48 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from arnold.neland.dk (0x3ef34d8c.albnxx2.adsl.tele.dk [62.243.77.140]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA33037B417 for ; Tue, 18 Dec 2001 01:33:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by arnold.neland.dk (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id fBI9ZVD79690 for ; Tue, 18 Dec 2001 10:35:32 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from leifn@neland.dk) Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 10:35:31 +0100 (CET) From: Leif Neland To: Subject: OT: What if registrar folds? Message-ID: <20011218102924.G79003-100000@arnold.neland.dk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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 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