[19806] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: .cc domain spam
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay R. Ashworth)
Sun Sep 27 22:24:49 1998
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1998 22:01:21 -0400
From: "Jay R. Ashworth" <jra@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.980926173844.2076N-100000@tarkin.fdt.net>; from Jon Lewis <jlewis@inorganic5.fdt.net> on Sat, Sep 26, 1998 at 05:41:41PM -0400
On Sat, Sep 26, 1998 at 05:41:41PM -0400, Jon Lewis wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Sep 1998, Sam Hayes Merritt, III wrote:
> > Registrant:
> > Network Solutions, Inc. (WORLDNIC4-DOM)
> > 505 Huntmar Park Drive
> > Herndon, VA 20170
> > US
> > Domain Name: WORLDNIC.COM
>
> That's different. That's Network Solutions scamming the clueless.
> Domainspace (according to Michael) has no connection with the .cc
> registry. They're just middlemen. Network Solutions might want you to
> believe the same thing of worldnic.com, but I think most people here know
> better. Or to sound like Mr. Flemming....many of the people on nanog know
> more than most.
No, Jon... don't you remember from earlier this year? There's actually
a semi-reasonable explanation for that one.
Trademark problem on "InterNIC", as I recall.
Cheers,
-- jra
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