lucy24
msg:4358201 | 2:55 am on Sep 3, 2011 (gmt 0) |
Inquiring minds want to know: How? I don't mean "by what legal right". I mean how, physically?
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BeeDeeDubbleU
msg:4358237 | 7:35 am on Sep 3, 2011 (gmt 0) |
| The proposed rules, if adopted, would apply to any address ending in .uk, such as example.co.uk. |
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So presumably there will be rush from all the crooks and charlatans to buy .net, .eu and .com domain names?
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Leosghost
msg:4358262 | 12:17 pm on Sep 3, 2011 (gmt 0) |
| So presumably there will be rush from all the crooks and charlatans to buy .net, .eu and .com domain names? |
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Nah ..BDW.you're confused ...those are the folks already selling them..they're also known as registrars or somethin' like that..their "trade" body is called ICANN I believe.
@Lucy24 ..same way as in the USA I presume ..except taken down dot co dot uk websites will resolve to a page that says simply...
"pwned by plod"
;-)
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lucy24
msg:4358320 | 4:22 pm on Sep 3, 2011 (gmt 0) |
I would not trust my local police to know how to take down a www site. Apparently, even the Feds don't know how.
| Under the campaign, the government seizes domain names issued by or under the control of US-based registrars or webhosts. That causes people who type the names into browsers to be directed to a page that says it has been seized by ICE Homeland Security Investigations. The seizures have no effect on the servers or underlying IP addresses used to run the sites, so the sites remain available to those who use a Firefox addon or other technologies to work around the action. |
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Next week's headline: U.S. Government Moves to Outlaw Firefox Browser.
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jmccormac
msg:4358330 | 5:22 pm on Sep 3, 2011 (gmt 0) |
Taking down a site could be as simple as taking its records out of the TLD's zonefile. This could easily be done at registry level.
Regards...jmcc
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piatkow
msg:4359426 | 12:06 pm on Sep 7, 2011 (gmt 0) |
The disturbing bit is the way the article suddenly changes from "taken down" to "seized".
Taking a car as an analogy
"Taken down" They have clamped my car. I can't use it but it is still mine with both the advantages and liabilities of ownership
"Seized" they have taken both the car and ownership of the car away from me and can crush it or sell it.
Reading the Nominet proposal itself it looks like sloppy journalism on the part of The Register. There is no mention of "seizing" domain ownership.
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