GoDaddy: .EU Domain Hijacked

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via BetaNews.

[snip]

n a scathing blog entry posted on Sunday, GoDaddy.com CEO Bob Parsons attacked European registry EURid for "grand 
manipulation and lax administration" regarding the recent opening of the .eu top-level domain. Parsons said the process 
turned into a large scam involving hundreds of fake registrars.

The .eu domain opened on Friday for what was called the "landrush" registration phase. During this period, accredited 
registrars such as GoDaddy could register domains for their customers using a process similar to standing in line. A 
registrar could request one domain at a time and then would be shuffled to the end of the line until the other 
registrars had a turn.

[snip]

More:
http://www.betanews.com/article/GoDaddy_eu_Domain_Hijacked/1144696747

Parsons' blog entry:
http://www.bobparsons.com/EULandrushFiasco.html

- ferg


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 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/


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