[registrars] Misuse of the ADD command

[Robert F. Connelly]

Dear Registrars:

I would like to report on the unauthorized use of our subnets by a player 
in the delete pool.

On 20 October 2004, they captured the following thirteen domains in our 
system.  All but one of them were subsequently cancelled.  Those ending in 
545 are still unregistered. Those with 531 were apparently captured at a 
later date by the registrar whose name appears after the RRP error code.

Only the last of the batch, shows an RRP code of 200 and is still in our 
system.  Our only profit from the days effort and the thousands of ADD 
commands sent to Verisign:

List deleted from this RC posting.

It appears that said firm has started playing the game of registering with 
*no* client requesting the domains.  It was reported on the Registrars List 
that some registrars are capturing deleted domains and checking to see if 
there is enough web traffic on a given domain to make it marketable. If 
not, they simply delete within the five day limit graciously provided by 
Verisign, a serious misuse of the RRP cancel function.

Further, for every wasted capture, said firm has reduces the number of 
successful registrations coming to their "partner" registrars, badly 
eroding our profits.

This practice is in blatant disregard of the letter and spirit of our 
contract and constitutes a fatal breach.

Regards, BobC


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