[23865] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Contact handles disappearing mysteriously from the whois database!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Roeland M.J. Meyer)
Tue Apr 27 20:11:19 1999
Reply-To: <rmeyer@mhsc.com>
From: "Roeland M.J. Meyer" <rmeyer@mhsc.com>
To: "John Fraizer" <John.Fraizer@EnterZone.Net>,
<Lauren.Nowlin@Level3.com>, <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 17:10:02 -0700
In-reply-to: <4.1.19990427162223.01308400@pop3.enterzone.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Actually, there was a huge stink about the Verisign ad. However, it was =
at about the time there was a HUGE stink here, about off-topic postings. =
Guess what got lost?
As for as the rest of NSI screw-ups, go to one of the InterNIC lists. A =
number of us keep telling NSI that the vampire-shift janitorial staff =
are NOT system admins. They don't listen. The point is that I would =
charge most of the last years FUBARs off to incompetance, rather than =
Machiavellian mechanations. To do otherwise gives way more credit than =
is deserved.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu]On Behalf Of
> John Fraizer
> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 1999 1:35 PM
> To: Lauren.Nowlin@Level3.com; nanog@merit.edu
> Subject: RE: Contact handles disappearing mysteriously from the whois
> database!
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> At 01:45 PM 4/27/99 -0600, Lauren.Nowlin@Level3.com wrote:
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> >I'm sure you have no idea what Mark went through to be allowed to=20
> >post on NANOG. Don't further frustrate the messenger... He likely
> >already has internal bruises for his efforts and doesn't deserve an=20
> >extra dose of sarcasm.
> >
> > -Ren
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> Oh -- We know. It is obviously NSI policy to keep their CUSTOMERS in =
the
> dark about operational issues with a service for which we are=20
> paying $35/yr
> per domain. Just like it is their policy to omit information from
> information posted on their web site regarding financial=20
> information citing
> "proprietary information" although this information is available via =
FOIA.
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> We appreciate the fact that Mark may be black-and-blue for weeks as a
> result of his post to NANOG. We do NOT appreciate the =
cloak-and-dagger
> tactics for which NSI is now world renowned. Lose a record here,
> arbitrarily delete a domain here, remove telephone contact=20
> information from
> the web site, redirect internic.net to networksolutions.com and
> delete/move/modify/FUBAR the information/templates/forms that have =
been in
> the same location for YEARS citing "Improvements" as a reason -- ALL
> without consulting the public OR the Government before doing so. I =
could
> give a rats ass about how pretty their site is. Their cutesy little
> graphics are a waste of bandwidth. Speaking of which, I'm surprised =
that
> there wasn't any stink about them providing ad space to VeriSign=20
> on the old
> internic.net site. I want reliable -- dependable -- FAMILIAR service. =
You
> would think these people had J. Edgar Hoover at the wheel.
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