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Re: The actual value, from a security standpoint, of using a proxy domain registrar?
From: Rich Kulawiec <rsk () gsp org>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:30:23 -0400
On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 03:13:26PM -0700, Ray Sanders wrote:
A lot of these places use scare tactics to convince domain buyers that "privacy" is essential, otherwise one would get spam, telemarketing calls and junk mail. Well, that's partly true, as some companies do scrape whois data.
Not so much anymore. It's far more cost-effective and efficient for them to buy the data in bulk, and there are plenty of suppliers offering it. Now as to whether they're bad actors inside registrars, or registrars themselves, or folks who've cracked registrar security and helped themselves to the contents of their databases: who knows? But the bottom line is that the data's out there. ---Rsk
Current thread:
- The actual value, from a security standpoint, of using a proxy domain registrar? Mike Lyon (Jul 15)
- Re: The actual value, from a security standpoint, of using a proxy domain registrar? Ray Sanders (Jul 15)
- Re: The actual value, from a security standpoint, of using a proxy domain registrar? Rich Kulawiec (Jul 16)
- Re: The actual value, from a security standpoint, of using a proxy domain registrar? David E. Smith (Jul 15)
- Re: The actual value, from a security standpoint, of using a proxy domain registrar? Ray Sanders (Jul 15)
- Re: The actual value, from a security standpoint, of using a proxy domain registrar? Mike Lyon (Jul 15)
- Re: The actual value, from a security standpoint, of using a proxy domain registrar? Jeremy Hanmer (Jul 15)
- Re: The actual value, from a security standpoint, of using a proxy domain registrar? Ray Sanders (Jul 15)
- Re: The actual value, from a security standpoint, of using a proxy domain registrar? Ray Sanders (Jul 15)
- Re: The actual value, from a security standpoint, of using a proxy domain registrar? Etaoin Shrdlu (Jul 15)
- Re: The actual value, from a security standpoint, of using a proxy domain registrar? Mark Andrews (Jul 15)
- Re: The actual value, from a security standpoint, of using a proxy domain registrar? Florian Weimer (Jul 16)
- Re: The actual value, from a security standpoint, of using a proxy domain registrar? Daryl G. Jurbala (Jul 16)
- Re: The actual value, from a security standpoint, of using a proxy domain registrar? John Levine (Jul 16)
- Re: The actual value, from a security standpoint, of using a proxy domain registrar? Daryl G. Jurbala (Jul 16)
- RE: The actual value, from a security standpoint, of using a proxy domain registrar? Jason Gurtz (Jul 16)