From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Dec 18 1:52:24 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from kermit.netivity.nl (wc-68.r-195-85-144.essentkabel.com [195.85.144.68]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDA5837B405 for ; Tue, 18 Dec 2001 01:52:19 -0800 (PST) Received: by KERMIT with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Tue, 18 Dec 2001 10:52:13 +0100 Message-ID: <510EAC2065C0D311929200A02472526237A6B9@NETIVITY-FS> From: Enriko Groen To: 'Leif Neland' , freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: RE: What if registrar folds? Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 10:52:09 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" 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? I'm not sure about the legal state of a domain when the registrar goes bankrupt. I think that you as the owner will get a chance to re-register/renew the domain before it is "free". After the final bankrupt it will probably become a free domain. > 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? IMHO yes... the Mail form and webinterface they use is quite nice. I don't know about other registrars, but the ones I've seen until now all need human interaction. Although I have good experience with dotearth.com and heard good stuff about gandi.net and joker.com. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message