[133001] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Domain shut downs by Registrar?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Levine)
Fri Dec 3 10:17:23 2010
Date: 3 Dec 2010 15:17:17 -0000
From: John Levine <johnl@iecc.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTin-zRrJY+V87-mu_ZQW6gAMaZ3z+uCW1KY5cPJP@mail.gmail.com>
Cc: jeffrey.lyon@blacklotus.net
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
>We use OpenSRS and never have these issues. Many of the other major
>registrars will freeze domains for whatever reason they choose.
>OpenSRS basically fulfills their duties to ICANN and leaves it alone
>at that. The only domain I have ever seen them get involved with was
>along time ago when someone stole a domain from Network Solutions
>using fraudulent paperwork and then managed to transfer it out.
I am also happy with OpenSRS, but I think it is fair to assume that
since they are incorporated in Pennsylvania, they would comply with
orders from a US court.
We do remember, don't we, that the domain that started this discussion
were shut down by Verisign, the registry, not a registrar?
R's,
John
