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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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