Re: NetSol's PGP auth ... and the road not taken

["Peter Galbavy" <peter.galbavy () knowtion net>]

Or move to another registrar. I can strongly recommend Tucows/openSRS with no
other relationship that being a very happy reseller.

rgds,
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Peter Galbavy
Knowtion Ltd.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Rhett" <jrhett () isite net>
To: <beldridg () best com>
Cc: <nanog () merit edu>
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 8:24 AM
Subject: NetSol's PGP auth ... and the road not taken


> > i've been trying to add a pgp key to the verisign/netsol database for the
> > past two weeks. i've sent four messages, opened three web help requests,
> > and spent three hours on the phone with their helpdesk. they know less
> > than their customers about their own procedures and web documentation for
> > adding keys for PGP guardian auth.
>
> Don't waste your time. We had PGP auth working for the last 6 years. It
> will slow down any change you want to make by 3-5 days. Around 30% will get
> rejected for no reason whatsoever, and much more fun stuff.
>
> They're probably ignoring new submissions because they never finished an
> automated infrastructure to support it, which means they do it all by hand,
> painfully for them and their customers.
>
> If you do insist on going that route, get used to sending the mail, then
> calling up and waiting on hold for 1-2 hours, then pushing to get someone
> who knows what PGP is to process the message. Otherwise it make take 5 days
> before you get a response, and it will be a confused rejection.
>
> --
> Joe Rhett                                                      Chief Geek
> JRhett () ISite Net                                      ISite Services, Inc.