[17621] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: WorldNIC
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chuck Gomes)
Mon Jun 8 00:29:10 1998
Date: Sun, 07 Jun 1998 20:10:09 -0300
From: Chuck Gomes <cgomes@internic.net>
To: Steve Sobol <sjsobol@shell.nacs.net>
CC: Chris Cappuccio <chris@empnet.com>, nanog@merit.edu
Chris,
idNames, now a part of Network Solutions, offers registration in country code TLDs
for companies that would like to do that. Is that fraud? What am I missing here?
Chuck Gomes
Network Solutions
Steve Sobol wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 05, 1998 at 12:05:58PM -0700, Chris Cappuccio wrote:
> >
> > What's this deal about InterNIC forwarding all request to WorldNIC? If I
> > send in a (filled out) registration template to hostmaster@internic.net,
> > it's completed by InterNIC...
> >
> > I think the real fraud is in WorldNIC and other registrars (like Netnames in
> > the UK) selling vanity names in country TLDs. IANA encourages this.
> > WorldNIC has an offer for $17,545 USD that will register a domain in all 72
> > TLDs (or 5 domains in all 72 TLDs for $87,725 USD)...
>
> I'm CC'ing this to Chuck Gomes at InterNIC. I'd really love to hear
> verification that this is true.
>
> Mr Gomes? Care to provide comments on the possibility that NSI is defrauding
> the Internet community with this plan?
>
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