Domain registrations misleading
I had a conversation with a customer a while ago. I noticed some of his domains were about to expire. He told me to delete them, he didn’t need them anymore.
So today I was doing some spring cleaning on our DNS server, and noticed the domain was still there. So I checked the whois data, and the domain is still registered to him. One new year starting February 15. So I think to myself, that’s weird. And especially since the DNS servers no longer point to us, which they would if he was still in control.
So I check the website, and find a domain parking page.
My problem with that, is that the whois info still has my customer’s info in it, despite the fact that he no longer owns it, and doesn’t benefit from the domain parking program advertising.
The registrar is register.com, and the technical contact is lycos.com
Just wanted to vent a little…
March 19th, 2006 at 3:31 pm
If he is interested in solving this, he could probably file a forgot my password request and get his domain back. It is his domain info after all. They are making him look bad.
March 19th, 2006 at 3:47 pm
He could, but I doubt he will.
The point here was to point out yet another problem with whois info and previously owned domains.
And my question is how this happened. Has anyone seen anything similar involving those details? Registered at register.com, dns servers currently at register.com, and lycos.com in the technical contact.
March 19th, 2006 at 3:49 pm
Oh, and the domain parking program was served via an iframe at simg.zedo.com, with this file: roimedia_enom_parking_720×300.html
March 21st, 2006 at 4:03 pm
Remember verizon being spanked for putting a wildcard on .com top level domain? All the CEOs are hungry for money, fast cars (Telekom Italia) and submarines… - the registrars will use every trick to gain more and more income.