.org registry vanishes into thin air

Dom · May 20, 2003, 04:22 AM

The registry for all .org domains appears to have collapsed - meaning that all the details of who owns any .org domain are unobtainable.

We can't be sure when it vanished but it would have taken a few days to filter through the system so presumably whatever servers are hosting the registry went down at the weekend and no one has yet noticed.

Which it is all very sloppy and doesn't exactly encourage confidence in the company that now runs the .org domain - Public Interest Registry.

PIR took over the domain on New Year's Day this year after VeriSign was forced to hand over the not-for-profit registry to encourage competition. Of course, VeriSign got to keep .com and .net but then that's the advantage you have when you've got a very special relationship with ICANN and the US Department of Commerce.

Despite taking it over on 1 Jan 2003, PIR went through a 25-day "phase-in" period with VeriSign so that they could be certain everything was running smoothly and seamlessly.

In fact in the very early days of the transition, the PIR's chairman David Maher went on about how smooth and stable the transition was. And it was.

Unfortunately almost exactly four months later, something catastrophic appears to have happened and the registry servers (we are praying there are several servers but we sadly doubt they are in more than one location) have fallen over.

This will of course please VeriSign enormously, and if they know what's good for them will knock up a "Told you so" press release before you can say "DNS patent monopoly".

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.

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Source: TheRegister

The_Neon_Cowboy · May 20, 2003, 04:37 AM

des it raly mater 95% of spamers servers have false cantact info and nothing is done about it ... flase mailing adresses... email etc.....

Matth · May 20, 2003, 12:40 PM

Just checked www.cdrfaq.org and it's reachable - so it's only the ADMIN side that's been lost, not that actual DNS side - or are these just cached entries that will expire after whatever lifetime applies?

renewals time is sure as hell going to be interesting!

May 20, 2003, 04:22 AM	#1
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	.org registry vanishes into thin air The registry for all .org domains appears to have collapsed - meaning that all the details of who owns any .org domain are unobtainable. We can't be sure when it vanished but it would have taken a few days to filter through the system so presumably whatever servers are hosting the registry went down at the weekend and no one has yet noticed. Which it is all very sloppy and doesn't exactly encourage confidence in the company that now runs the .org domain - Public Interest Registry. PIR took over the domain on New Year's Day this year after VeriSign was forced to hand over the not-for-profit registry to encourage competition. Of course, VeriSign got to keep .com and .net but then that's the advantage you have when you've got a very special relationship with ICANN and the US Department of Commerce. Despite taking it over on 1 Jan 2003, PIR went through a 25-day "phase-in" period with VeriSign so that they could be certain everything was running smoothly and seamlessly. In fact in the very early days of the transition, the PIR's chairman David Maher went on about how smooth and stable the transition was. And it was. Unfortunately almost exactly four months later, something catastrophic appears to have happened and the registry servers (we are praying there are several servers but we sadly doubt they are in more than one location) have fallen over. This will of course please VeriSign enormously, and if they know what's good for them will knock up a "Told you so" press release before you can say "DNS patent monopoly". Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. -------------------------- Source: TheRegister

May 20, 2003, 04:37 AM	#2
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	des it raly mater 95% of spamers servers have false cantact info and nothing is done about it ... flase mailing adresses... email etc..... __________________

May 20, 2003, 12:40 PM	#3
Matth Flash Banner Hater Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UK Posts: 3,426 Rep Power: 93 System Specs	Just checked www.cdrfaq.org and it's reachable - so it's only the ADMIN side that's been lost, not that actual DNS side - or are these just cached entries that will expire after whatever lifetime applies? renewals time is sure as hell going to be interesting!