Correction ref. cyber-squatters (doesn't include .EDU)

[Clyde Hoadley <hoadleyc () MSCD EDU>]

Correction ref. cyber-squatters (doesn't include .EDU)

My mistake.  There isn't any squatting that I know
of on .EDU    The list I included was a copy-paste
from a different Email.

Sorry if I created any alarm.

Please let me know how your institution is dealing
with cyber-squatters

Thank you,
--Clyde Hoadley
--Metropolitan State College of Denver

>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Clyde Hoadley [mailto:hoadleyc () MSCD EDU]
>Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 9:17 AM
>To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
>Subject: [SECURITY] challenging cyber-squatters
>
>We continue to discover cyber-squatters, e.g. ..
>
>MetropolitanStateCollegeOfDenver.com
>MetropolitanStateCollegeOfDenver.net
>MetropolitanStateCollegeOfDenver.org
>MetropolitanStateCollegeOfDenver.edu
>MSCD.COM
>MSCD.NET
>MSCD.ORG
>
>These same people also use the names of many other colleges and
>universities.
>There is a procedure to challenge cyber-squatters, but the phenomenon
>continues to exist.  We are interested in assessing whether the damage
>done by these people is worth the expense of challenging them or
>purchasing some or all variations on our name.
>
>How are other institutions handling this problem?
>
>---
>Clyde Hoadley, CISSP, GSEC
>Security & Disaster Recovery Coordinator Department of Information
>Technology Metropolitan State College of Denver Campus Box 96, P.O. Box
>173362, Denver Co 80217-3362
>303-556-5074 | CELL 720-232-4737
>www.mscd.edu