On 30 Apr 2009, at 14:01, John R. Levine wrote:
On the other hand (and not particularly related to ICANN), at some point the world will have to clarify the responsibilities of hosting providers, so if a server's too important to turn the whole thing off, you better have some way to turn off a part that's gone bad. This will involve telling people that for $5/mo you don't get guaranteed 24/7 six sigma business critical hosting, you get what you get, which may include some downtime.
John The $5 or €5 / month hosting plan isn't an issue. We can easily disable them It's when we get abuse reports about sites on our AS number, but not under our direct control, that it gets messy. Of course if people were to actually register abuse contacts for all their domains it would be a lot easier .... Michele Mr Michele Neylon Blacknight Solutions Hosting & Colocation, Brand Protection http://www.blacknight.com/ http://blog.blacknight.com/ http://mneylon.tel Intl. +353 (0) 59 9183072 US: 213-233-1612 UK: 0844 484 9361 Locall: 1850 929 929 Direct Dial: +353 (0)59 9183090 Fax. +353 (0) 1 4811 763 ------------------------------- Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd, Unit 12A,Barrowside Business Park,Sleaty Road,Graiguecullen,Carlow,Ireland Company No.: 370845