OreoleO
Wanna Settle This Outside??
join:2004-05-22
Feasterville Trevose, PA | .
That sucks, isn't that what happend to sex.com? |
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jose3030
Premium
join:1999-08-17
Manassas, VA | MelbourneIT...
That's the company that Verio uses for their domain registration... |
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bartady
join:2001-12-20
Arlington, VA
| I have a PANIX account for my main EMail addy. PANIX has already set up a work around and it is working. I am so glad that I have a secondary account that sort of provided a bridge until I got the work around. What is surprising is that PANIX admits that it would take sometime for a resolution and hence does not give an estimated time.
Bart Ady |
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BosstonesOwn
join:2002-12-15
Everett, MA
clubs:
 ·Comcast
| Scary thing
Scary thing is I knew stuff like this would eventually start happening. Now most cynics will say if they can't keep their dns entries secure , then maybe they should hand them over to UN control.
If this problem is just starting to peak it's ugly head , it's do to grow soon. This is one of the new things that they are trying to do to drive traffic to other sites, where some one cashes in.
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"It's always funny until someone gets hurt......and then it's absolutely friggin' hysterical!" |
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keith2468
Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-03
Winnipeg, MB | reply to bartady
Re: MelbourneIT...
The Panix work around doesn't appear to be working from here doing WWW. Perhaps it only works on their own domain (they control their own DNSs so that wouldn't be hard). |
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keith2468
Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-03
Winnipeg, MB
| It is the internet.
It is the internet.
It is poorly controlled, poorly regulated, and poorly policed.
The registrar refuses to make changes on the weekend. What if this had been the US Thanksgiving Weekend -- 4 days?
If a registrar won't fix mistakes on the weekend, the registrar should be banned from making new changes in the 12 hours before the weekend (only corrections would be allowed during that period).
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(Virus&Hijacking FAQ + Submit suspected malware + Backups FAQ + Security FAQ TOC) |
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joshj
join:2001-10-30
Antelope, CA
| Lock the Domain
Shows how critical it is to LOCK YOUR DOMAINS. The email address associated with my domains gets hundreds of spam messages a day, and I can easily see how a transfer notice would get lost. I've REGISTRAR-LOCKed everything and rest a little easier now. |
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roamer1
sticking it out at you
join:2001-03-24
Atlanta, GA
clubs:
| reply to keith2468
Re: MelbourneIT...
said by keith2468  :The Panix work around doesn't appear to be working from here doing WWW. Perhaps it only works on their own domain (they control their own DNSs so that wouldn't be hard). The workaround is that they're using .net instead of .com. 
-SC
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"it seems like all you ever buy is Abercrombie and cell phones" --a friend |
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atuarre
Here come the drums
Premium
join:2004-02-14
Lake Charles, LA
clubs: | Stop
Please stop beating the dead "domain" locking horse. Regardless if it is locked or not, they could probably have found away around it, if it was not already locked. |
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russotto
join:2000-10-05
Collegeville, PA | Locking not going to do it
The losing registrar (Dotster) wasn't notified, so it doesn't matter if it was locked or not. |
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Sweet Witch
Be the flame, not the moth.
Premium,MVM
join:2003-07-15
Gallifrey | And forgive the noob
but just how does someone steal a domain?
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I'm a woman by the way  . |
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Kearnstd
Elf Wizard
Premium
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ | reply to BosstonesOwn
Re: Scary thing
HAHAHHAA the UN couldnt run itself without screwing up, trusting them with the internet is like trusting Bin Laden with a 747 loaded with fuel and C4.
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[65 Arcanist]Filan(High Elf) Zone: Broadband Reports |
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David803sc
Premium
join:2001-02-22
Charleston, SC | reply to Sweet Witch
Re: And forgive the noob
Looks like they are on therer way back online, here is an update from them located at »www.panix.net notice this site .net .com is where they are working from for right now.
David |
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state
stress magnet
Premium,Mod
join:2002-02-08
Hampton, VA
clubs:
Host:
Webhosting
Sonic.net
UK Broadband
Washington & Balti..
UK Chat
| On the road to recovery
This was just posted to NANOG about an hour ago, from their shell's MOTD:
. Hijack recovery underway (elr) Sun Jan 16 17:43:28 2005 . . Recovery is underway from the panix.com domain hijack. . . The root name servers now have the correct information, as does the . WHOIS registry. Portions of the Internet will still not be able to . see panix.com until their name servers expire the false data. More . info soon. . . panix.net status update (elr) Sun Jan 16 16:06:41 2005 . . As some of our customers have noticed, there have been a few problems . with using panix.net as a substitute for panix.com. We've fixed most . of them: . . * if you change your return address to username@panix.net, it now works. . Previously, it was getting re-written back to username@panix.com. Customers . may need to do this to send mail to domains that use "Sender Address . Verifcation" since the fake panix.com mail servers don't seem to be . accepting mail right now. . . * The URL "http://www.panix.net/~USERNAME" automatically redirects to . panix.com/~USERNAME. You can get around this by appending a / to the URL: . . » www.panix.net/~USERNAME/. . * Addresses of the form xxxx@USERNAME.users.panix.net are working now. . . Of course, we're still working around the clock to solve the underlying . problem with the hijacked domain. |
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Defiance82
Computer Elite
Premium
join:2002-09-11
Reeds Spring, MO
clubs: | LOL
LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL
What a good laugh, I can now goto bed this made my night! |
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Sweet Witch
Be the flame, not the moth.
Premium,MVM
join:2003-07-15
Gallifrey | reply to Sweet Witch
Re: And forgive the noob
And my question still isn't answered.
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I'm a woman by the way . |
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state
stress magnet
Premium,Mod
join:2002-02-08
Hampton, VA
clubs:
Host:
Webhosting
Sonic.net
UK Broadband
Washington & Balti..
UK Chat
| A lot of people at PANIX are asking that same question right now.
Presumably this was done by requesting a transfer from the registrar, but there are other ways to accomplish this task:
•The domain owner allows the registration to lapse (i.e. didn't renew the domain in time)
•A hacker gains access to the registrars records
•The domain owner failed to keep current contact information in their record -- registrar could delete the information if it's determined that contact with said individual is not possible.
•Domains registered through a throw-away address (hotmail, yahoo, msn, etc.) and the account is deleted. Someone could re-use the account and request the username/password information.
I'm sure there are some other ways, but those are the ones that come to mind off the top of my head.
It's not the first time something of this nature hit the news, in September of last year a 19-year old hijacked eBay Germany by requesting a transfer. I'm not sure if they ever published how that one got through. |
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EGeezer
Go Bobcats
Premium
join:2002-08-04
Country!
 ·Callcentric
·RoadRunner Cable
·AT&T CallVantage
| Similar situation
I had one heck of a time getting an administrator off a record for a client, but it only took a few phone calls and a FAX verifying the address of the registrant. Any determined individual with a little moxie could have done the same. It would have been easy if I had been a disgruntled employee of the company.
Once we had the information we changed registrars, established a long nontrivial password and were home free. |
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xeeorg
@aol.com
| xee.org and Dotster whois database
Hi,
i am listed as owner of xee.org in all other whois databases , but not in dotster database . They refuse to give me code to transfer xee.org to godaddy.com because they read only dotster whois which is wrong . I filed complaint with pir.org, icann.org, and ftc.gov so far .
Check for yourself whois at dotster.com for xee.org and whois at pir.org , networksolutions.com, register.com, namesecure.com , godaddy.com etc . |
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