Imagine you could see a registrar's WHOIS query logs in real time...

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  • rowan
    Too lazy to set a custom title
    • Mar 2002
    • 17393

    #1

    Imagine you could see a registrar's WHOIS query logs in real time...

    How crazy would you go?
  • rowan
    Too lazy to set a custom title
    • Mar 2002
    • 17393

    #2
    I guess no one thinks it would be cool to see people hunting for possible names, BEFORE they're registered.

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    • Chris
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      • May 2003
      • 27880

      #3
      post again when you have away to do this ;)
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      • shuki
        Confirmed User
        • Aug 2004
        • 3070

        #4
        Originally posted by rowan
        I guess no one thinks it would be cool to see people hunting for possible names, BEFORE they're registered.

        E-mail me I am interested
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        • rowan
          Too lazy to set a custom title
          • Mar 2002
          • 17393

          #5
          Originally posted by shuki
          E-mail me I am interested
          Like Chris says, for now we'll just keep dreaming.

          (I'm sure some guys can see it, whether they could get away with abusing that priviledge is another matter...)

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          • AmateurFlix
            Confirmed User
            • Jul 2004
            • 7762

            #6
            I'm sure it's done in one way or another.

            Whether an inside job from someone working at the registrar, or hackers spying on the logs (which would probably be low-risk since they're not actually manipulating data in any way, only viewing it)

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            • BV
              wtf
              • Sep 2001
              • 10914

              #7
              that's why when I'm looking for a name I just type it in my browser first

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              • bashbug
                Confirmed User
                • Oct 2005
                • 929

                #8
                that would be cool. we have a way to lookup whats already registered by nameserver say ns1.nat-net.com or ns1.webair.com or ns1.sun.com it will list all domains currently in their dns server.

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                • boner 2.0
                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                  • Jul 2004
                  • 10970

                  #9
                  Originally posted by bashbug
                  that would be cool. we have a way to lookup whats already registered by nameserver say ns1.nat-net.com or ns1.webair.com or ns1.sun.com it will list all domains currently in their dns server.
                  host -l ns.foo.bar ?

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                  • NoWhErE
                    Too lazy to set a custom title
                    • Sep 2005
                    • 10583

                    #10
                    Its already being done. I had a cyber squatter for a domain I had looked up (the guy had bought the domain only an hour after I had looked it up. 5 Days later the domain was available again (guess he figured I wouldn't buy it from him) and I snatched it up right away
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                    • 3M TA3
                      Confirmed User
                      • Aug 2005
                      • 2972

                      #11
                      the one thing that happened to me that pissed me off was when I went in to backorder a domain and the company it was registered with ended up keeping the domain and squatting on it instead of releasing it to the public. I really wish i was in that position.

                      I contacted them to see how much they wanted and they were asking $10k for 24 hours of having a domain.

                      that shit made me madder than hell

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                      • MattO
                        The O is for Oohhh
                        • Feb 2003
                        • 10861

                        #12
                        Originally posted by AmateurFlix
                        I'm sure it's done in one way or another.

                        Whether an inside job from someone working at the registrar, or hackers spying on the logs (which would probably be low-risk since they're not actually manipulating data in any way, only viewing it)

                        It wouldn't be that low risk, as an example, recently some high profile Estonians got busted for viewing headlines from a business website before the articles were published, allowing them to have insider information with witch to buy & sell stocks with. They're currently having their asses handed to them, even though all they were doing was exploiting a flaw in the website's code and simply viewing the headlines with a spider.

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                        • AmateurFlix
                          Confirmed User
                          • Jul 2004
                          • 7762

                          #13
                          Originally posted by BlueMoon
                          the one thing that happened to me that pissed me off was when I went in to backorder a domain and the company it was registered with ended up keeping the domain and squatting on it instead of releasing it to the public. I really wish i was in that position.

                          I contacted them to see how much they wanted and they were asking $10k for 24 hours of having a domain.

                          that shit made me madder than hell
                          companies that allow you to 'backorder' domains can keep these domains themselves?

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                          • Taboo
                            Confirmed User
                            • Jul 2004
                            • 3700

                            #14
                            Originally posted by rowan
                            How crazy would you go?
                            Rumors are that many people are already doing it and immediately listing on SEDO/Afternic or testing initial traffic, then dumping within 5 days if there's no bites or hits. Soon they'll be exposed & blacklisted... plus removed (permanently de-accredited) & penalized by ICANN... and all the info will be made public. Already whispers of class-actions against certain companies. End of story, for now.

                            nuff said.

                            .

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                            • rezdesign
                              Confirmed User
                              • Feb 2004
                              • 1502

                              #15
                              Originally posted by BlueMoon
                              the one thing that happened to me that pissed me off was when I went in to backorder a domain and the company it was registered with ended up keeping the domain and squatting on it instead of releasing it to the public. I really wish i was in that position.

                              I contacted them to see how much they wanted and they were asking $10k for 24 hours of having a domain.

                              that shit made me madder than hell
                              wtf, can they do that??
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                              • rowan
                                Too lazy to set a custom title
                                • Mar 2002
                                • 17393

                                #16
                                Originally posted by Taboo
                                Rumors are that many people are already doing it and immediately listing on SEDO/Afternic or testing initial traffic, then dumping within 5 days if there's no bites or hits. Soon they'll be exposed & blacklisted... plus removed (permanently de-accredited) & penalized by ICANN... and all the info will be made public. Already whispers of class-actions against certain companies. End of story, for now.
                                Interesting. I was just speculating myself when I started this thread, after doing a bunch of WHOIS queries to try to find a suitable domain name for a new project. I'm not too surprised to find out that it's "really" happening.

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                                • Doctor Dre
                                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                                  • Jan 2001
                                  • 51692

                                  #17
                                  Nowhere already got played that trick on register.com couple weeks ago
                                  Originally posted by rayadp05
                                  I rebooted, deleted temp files, history, cookies and everything...still cannot view the news clip. All I see is that fucking gay ass music video from "Rick Roll". Anyone else have a different link to the news clip?

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                                  • Doctor Dre
                                    Too lazy to set a custom title
                                    • Jan 2001
                                    • 51692

                                    #18
                                    Originally posted by Taboo
                                    Rumors are that many people are already doing it and immediately listing on SEDO/Afternic or testing initial traffic, then dumping within 5 days if there's no bites or hits. Soon they'll be exposed & blacklisted... plus removed (permanently de-accredited) & penalized by ICANN... and all the info will be made public. Already whispers of class-actions against certain companies. End of story, for now.

                                    nuff said.

                                    .
                                    Might be the reason why domains registar are getting crazy growdth right now
                                    Originally posted by rayadp05
                                    I rebooted, deleted temp files, history, cookies and everything...still cannot view the news clip. All I see is that fucking gay ass music video from "Rick Roll". Anyone else have a different link to the news clip?

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                                    • BIGTYMER
                                      Junior Achiever
                                      • Nov 2004
                                      • 17066

                                      #19
                                      It is being done.

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                                      • $5 submissions
                                        I help you SUCCEED
                                        • Nov 2003
                                        • 32195

                                        #20
                                        It would definitely be a goldmine

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