On 9/26/2012 4:37 PM, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
On 26 September 2012 08:46, Eduardo Diaz <eduardodiazrivera@gmail.com>wrote:
In some instances (i.e. whoever wants to fake their info) email and telephone verification will be valid just up to the moment the domain gets registered. Both email and telephone can be made bogus after that. Just like Yellow Pages books, once they are published they are already obsolete.
I was thinking this too.
Of course, there could be post- registration re-checks -- either scheduled, random or on-demand (ie, if there is a problem contacting the registrant using existing available WHOIS info).
I regularly get messages from various sources to "re-validate" the information they have on hand.
- Evan
True. You could also exclude certain telephone number ranges, example (+447..., +448.. - forwarding numbers) email address with no source IP in the headers and/or certain IP addresses or ranges (known VPNs/Proxies). As to get back to physical verification as an alternative, the reseller channel could be more than invaluable:
What about using a third party certifier before being able to register a domain? Kind of a global domain passport? Is this something that can be considered?
-ed
A local reseller has more knowledge regarding local challenges i.t.o. identification than a distant registrar will normally have. They will also probably be much better at doing it. So apply the verification process locally, get a token and use at any registrar. That token can be used for however many domains. Lets take a quick look at what happens if the parties involved do not know one another and under the current policies. By no choice of definition can we say this serves legitimate internet users. http://hosts-file.net/?s=67.23.230.35&view=matches (Incidentally, looking at the domain registration details shows a mix and match of telephone numbers, addresses and emails.) Derek