Spamhaus Nightmare: Domain Shut Down, No Notice, Over A Million Pages Down

Re:Spamhaus Nightmare: Domain Shut Down, No Notice, Over A M... by freejack on Friday December 30, 2011 @01:49PM (#3408618)

My recommendation would be to run your own DNS on your own IP addresses. Even with the IP shortage, you should be able to get a small block delegated to you that you can use for your mission critical apps. Once you've got that arranged for, its a fairly trivial task to find a registrar with policies more complimentary to your business.

If its mission critical for your business, then you can't afford to think like a victim. Take charge of your infrastructure where you have to. Relying on third parties is lean, but not always effective - a small amount of fat in the right areas can give you a lot of flexibility (and insurance) that you might not get when you rely on a third party.

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Re:Spamhaus Nightmare: Domain Shut Down, No Notice, Over A M... by jpadvo on Friday December 30, 2011 @02:15PM (#3408724)

I didn't realize that I could set up my own DNS on my own IP addresses. Thank you very much for the suggestion, I'll look into this.

By the way, do you know off the top of your hand any such registrars with more complimentary policies?

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Re:Spamhaus Nightmare: Domain Shut Down, No Notice, Over A M... by freejack on Friday December 30, 2011 @02:32PM (#3408785)

If you are in North America, check out https://www.arin.net/resources/transfer_listing/needers.html for details concerning address delegations.

I work for a registrar, so here are my biased recommendations - me (hover.com) or EasyDNS. But don't take my word for it - do your own homework. Its worth knowing what your risks are and no amount of free advice on HN can replace that.

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Re:Spamhaus Nightmare: Domain Shut Down, No Notice, Over A M... by nirvana on Friday December 30, 2011 @03:55PM (#3409066)

Check out Moniker. They have a no-nonsense policy and are in the business of protecting domain owners.

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Re:Spamhaus Nightmare: Domain Shut Down, No Notice, Over A M... by dholowiski on Friday December 30, 2011 @02:16PM (#3408727)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but even if you run your own DNS servers, can't your domain name registrar still decide to take away your domain name?

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Re:Spamhaus Nightmare: Domain Shut Down, No Notice, Over A M... by freejack on Friday December 30, 2011 @02:27PM (#3408769)

yeah, that's why you want to find one that won't. or at least, won't do it in a way that will leave you high and dry without notice.

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Re:Spamhaus Nightmare: Domain Shut Down, No Notice, Over A M... by FreebytesSector on Friday December 30, 2011 @04:05PM (#3409092)

This is unusual, and it would likely only happen with a respectable registrar if there was a dispute with ICANN.

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Re:Spamhaus Nightmare: Domain Shut Down, No Notice, Over A M... by nitrogen on Friday December 30, 2011 @04:55PM (#3409250)

...or an ICE/DHS seizure conducted independently of your registrar.

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Re:Spamhaus Nightmare: Domain Shut Down, No Notice, Over A M... by dholowiski on Saturday December 31, 2011 @12:22PM (#3411303)

Isn't this exactly what happened to the person who posted this?

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Re:Spamhaus Nightmare: Domain Shut Down, No Notice, Over A M... by obituary_latte on Friday December 30, 2011 @02:20PM (#3408741)

Yes, the registrars handle the ns assignment which will make DNS moot if modified or deleted.

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