[95733] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: On-going Internet Emergency and Domain Names
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joseph S D Yao)
Mon Apr 2 22:55:13 2007
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 23:53:03 -0400
From: Joseph S D Yao <jsdy@center.osis.gov>
To: Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
Mail-Followup-To: Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <200704030253.l332rJNd005533@s25.firmware.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 09:53:19PM -0500, Robert Bonomi wrote:
...
> This is getting far afield from 'network operations', but the underlying
> issue is really quite simple: There are *NO*PENALTIES* for registering
> 'bogus' domains. The registry operator has -no- (financial) incentive
> to investigate, nor remove, a 'falsified' entry. Once a name is in the
> database, _anything_ affecting it is an 'un-necessary expense' to the registry
> operator.
...
See the aforementioned "restock fees" presented to ICANN. How much of a
disincentive would they be?
--
Joe Yao
Analex Contractor
