[plug] [OT] domain name registration

[senectus]

I'm all for preventing squatting.. I just think that there is a better way
to stop it.
For me, It falls under the same banner as "Obscurity is not security" 
*shrug* its not worth flaming over so I won't say any more about it :-)
Oh and Cameron:
Yes Melbourne IT did try this once.. they copped a lot of flack and decided
it wasn't worth the trouble.. besides, Australian IT is a small community..
if you piss the wrong guys off today you will have it bite you on the bum
tomorrow.....

-----Original Message-----
From: plug-admin at plug.linux.org.au [mailto:plug-admin at plug.linux.org.au] On
Behalf Of Alex Polglaze
Sent: Wednesday, 28 January 2004 3:51 PM
To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
Subject: Re: [plug] [OT] domain name registration

Plenty of snips, (nip / tuck)

> Damn right !  I expect it to be as easy to register .com.au as it is to 
> register .com. Not going to happen of course :-(

Quoting senectus <senectuskal at hotmail.com>:
 >> What really bugs me is that its MUCH harder to obtain a second level
domain
 >> than it is to get a first level domain..
 >> Ie:
 >> I needed nothing more than a Credit Card to register a .net but to get a
 >> net.au I need shit loads of ID and business proof etc etc..

 >Damn right !  I expect it to be as easy to register .com.au as it is to
 >register .com. Not going to happen of course :-(

 >Hooker

Isn't this so we don't have the same domain squatting problems as the US?
So 
that people don't abuse it quite as much?

I may be wrong, it's just what I have been told...

Phil.

And what you say makes sense... but there must be better ways of controlling
squatting than just "make it bloody hard to get"


Stitch it all together.

You don't have to be a company to register a .com.au, you have to be a
business, 
with a registered business name. BTW, it is illegal to carry on a business
under 
any name other than your own name, without being registered.

Registering a business name costs $103 for three years, "either you are a 
business, or you are not".

Preventing name squatting is an extremely valuable service for legitimate 
businesses. Making people jump through hoops to prove that they are entitled
to 
the name makes good sense. If you are entitled to the name, it is not
onerous. 
However, if you are not, it will take a lot of time and you won't get the
name 
anyway.

I think it is a good system, IMHO.


Alex Polglaze

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