[116001] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: The actual value, from a security standpoint, of using a proxy
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Lyon)
Wed Jul 15 18:38:42 2009
In-Reply-To: <1247697297.20069.120.camel@artoo.vvmedia.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:37:51 -0700
From: Mike Lyon <mike.lyon@gmail.com>
To: Ray Sanders <Ray.Sanders@villagevoicemedia.com>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
I still think it's a huge waste of money.
On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Ray Sanders <
Ray.Sanders@villagevoicemedia.com> wrote:
> And that falls right into some of the scare tactic sales pitches the
> domain registrars use.
>
> "they can look up your domain and find your home address!"
>
> Heck, even a p.o box could leave someone open to a stalker, if said
> stalker is determined enough.
>
> so yes, I'll concede that point to a certain extent.
>
>
> On Wed, 2009-07-15 at 17:18 -0500, David E. Smith wrote:
> > Mike Lyon wrote:
> > > I am curious what others in the industry think on this topic. When one
> > > registers a domain they can put in their real information or they can
> use a
> > > proxy, like Go-Daddy's Domains By Proxy.
> > >
> > If you're using it for your business, the value is pretty slim. You
> > probably want your business to be reachable by the public.
> >
> > Individuals, especially those using their domains to publish anything
> > controversial, could benefit somewhat from the increased privacy.
> >
> > David Smith
> > MVN.net
> >
> >
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