[vorbis-dev] Server cutover complete; waiting for root server DNS propogation

[Oliver D. Jones]

I must admit to using PairNIC for domain name registrations and DNS
service. Verisign started hacking me off when they wouldn't renew my
domain name (citing my credit card company as refusing the payment, even
though I had more than $1000 in the account). I gave them another chance
before figuring out they probably wanted me to let it go - so they could
market it on GreatDomains.com. Unfortunately for them, they also tried
the same trick on my mother, at pretty much the same time - so we both
got VeriHackedOff, VeriQuickly.

Moved my domain name to PairNIC and never looked back. Not only was it
cheaper ($18/year), but they didn't give a whisper of BS about my credit
card - or my mother's. VeriSign unfortunately lost quite a bit of
business from the little stunt they pulled: when it was time for the
other 10+ domain names I owned to be renewed, I did not bother with them
- I went straight to PairNIC.

With the fracas I have heard about VeriSign giving away peoples' domain
names to the wrong people (who managed to forge details, but not even
convincingly!) and my personal experience, I think their reputation is
100% deserved. I certainly would not trust them enough to get into a
business relationship with them - there are competitors out there who
are quite willing to do a superior service for less money!

Oliver.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-vorbis-dev at xiph.org [mailto:owner-vorbis-dev at xiph.org] On
Behalf Of Alejandro G. Belluscio
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 4:25 PM
To: Monty
Subject: Re: [vorbis-dev] Server cutover complete; waiting for root
server DNS propogation

<p>Hello Monty,
    I can't believe you were still using NSI. I've swithced to
register.com in 2000 just for the dns service. But there I learned that
you didn't need to wait 2 weeks for a DNS change. And you could see
online all the domains you manage. Lately I've switched some of them to
EasyDNS (OpenSRS vendor) because they offer free DynDNS and I needed
those, it was also the most resommended on slashdot (for what is worth).
So to everybody else please read www.verisigoff.org.

Regards,
Alejandro Belluscio
Wednesday, August 07, 2002, 11:01:18 AM, you wrote:

<p>M> Hello,

M> All services have been successfully migrated to our new facility. 
M> Unfortunately, NetSol once again displayed a brilliant inability to 
M> grasp a clue using both hands and a suction cup, and informed us they
M> *might* get around to updating DNS records in about two weeks.  If we

M> could fax them enough identification.

M> Needless to say, they've lost our business and our domain transfers 
M> should complete today.  In the meantime, I have two DNS hacks in 
M> place to get requests flowing to the right machines [this is partly 
M> for the benefit of the other site admins]:

M> Motherfish-HST has been temporarily updated to point at 
M> Motherfish-II, the new DNS server; this host record change will 
M> appear at noon EST and propogate slowly through the day.  When the 
M> real domain transfer happens, we'll change this back.

M> Motherfish, the actual machine, is redirecting queries to the new 
M> nameserver until the old facility shuts down today.  Until then, it's

M> stuffing network DNS as full of the new xiph.org records as it can.

M> Of course, this is just temporary until things settle properly in a 
M> day or two.  For the curious, the new DNS server (Motherfish-II) is 
M> at 198.136.36.245.

M> Monty
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 Alejandro                            mailto:baldusi at uol.com.ar

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