Post by: kimmer on March 30, 2008, 07:10:40 PM
Anyone else receive one of these notes and know whether it's legit?
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Dear MYNAME,
We know you value your privacy. So we wanted to let you know we've made a required change to our privacy policy.
The change is in compliance with an effort by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the global organization that governs domain registrars.
To protect consumers from losing their domain names if the registrar goes defunct or loses its accreditation, ICANN now requires all registrars to store a copy of their registrations with an outside data storage firm. This protects you by ensuring that there will always be a valid record of your domain ownership.
The storage provider we've chosen is legally obligated to safeguard these files. Your name and other personal information will continue to be protected, but now with an added layer of security.
Regards,
Domains By Proxy
We know you value your privacy. So we wanted to let you know we've made a required change to our privacy policy.
The change is in compliance with an effort by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the global organization that governs domain registrars.
To protect consumers from losing their domain names if the registrar goes defunct or loses its accreditation, ICANN now requires all registrars to store a copy of their registrations with an outside data storage firm. This protects you by ensuring that there will always be a valid record of your domain ownership.
The storage provider we've chosen is legally obligated to safeguard these files. Your name and other personal information will continue to be protected, but now with an added layer of security.
Regards,
Domains By Proxy
Post by: Paddy on March 30, 2008, 08:36:46 PM
See: http://www.icann.org/announcements/announc...t-2-09nov07.htm
I have at least one domain with the registration info held by Domains by Proxy. You must have one too...?
I imagine that this is in response to the big issue a year or so ago, when Registerfly went toes up and a whole lot of people had serious problems retrieving/proving domain ownership status and renewing their domains.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RegisterFly
Post by: kimmer on March 31, 2008, 01:06:24 PM
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I have at least one domain with the registration info held by Domains by Proxy. You must have one too...?
I wasn't aware that I did; but I read your links and I gather this is connected to the domain I have through GoDaddy.
Nothing held by "the other company" is protected, secured, private -- or any other such thing.
We're working on changing that. 
Thanks for the insightful info. Much appreciated.
Post by: Paddy on March 31, 2008, 02:34:27 PM
http://www.ironmountain.com/resources/escrow/rde_faq.pdf
Note: this PDF took forever and a day to download.
The cost of this service is included in ICANN fees that registrars pay - therefore I very much doubt that any of them are going to opt for another data storage firm as they'd have to bear the cost of it entirely themselves (not cheap, I bet!)
More info here:
http://www.icann.org/announcements/announc...t-2-13feb08.htm
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The files must be compressed and encrypted and securely submitted to the escrow agent for verification and storage. The escrow agent will hold all deposits for at least one year and will release them to ICANN or a designated third party within five business days of a demand by ICANN for release.
The only third party that I can see ICANN ordering them released to would be the authorities in the case of disputes etc., where some sort of verification was needed. And that's the case with just about any data - it can be subpoenaed.
Of course, Iron Mountain have occasionally lost info in the past...
http://searchdatabackup.techtarget.com/new...1300737,00.html
However, as we are all aware, there is no such thing as 100% safe data. I'm not going to get all worried about this - at leas not unless you have info I'm unaware of, Kimmer!
Post by: kimmer on March 31, 2008, 04:06:27 PM
208.109.14.190
and that gave me this link
where I read:
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Network Owners that use secureserver.net hostnames
Go Daddy Software
GoDaddy.com
SESTECHNOLOGIES LTD
Go Daddy Software
GoDaddy.com
SESTECHNOLOGIES LTD
The last one isn't familiar, so I assumed
it was the domain that I have via GoDaddy. Other domain(s) are hosted and held by Hostway. I'm working to move them to GoDaddy and ASO so that I can make them private and have better service.
Post by: Paddy on March 31, 2008, 04:15:20 PM
Post by: Xairbusdriver on March 31, 2008, 04:53:41 PM
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I'm not going to get all worried about this
I suggest imprinting your info on a small slab of concrete. Send that to me, freight prepaid, of course, and I'll put in the bottom of my fish pond until you need it. I'll send it back to you, COD. Your welcome! 