Subject:
Re: [discuss] who is responsible for the tldp.org domain name
From:
Guylhem Aznar ####@####.####
Date:
7 Nov 2008 04:32:21 +0000
Message-Id: <9cc82a4d0811062029m5455d03ar71cfdfeddb1d343e@mail.gmail.com>
Hello
Don't worry, I have set up all this thinking precisely on the worst
that could happen.
The domain is registered for TLDP, which means in case of a dispute
(ex: I go evil and want it to make banner websites) TLDP gets it
I did however kept my email address to be informed about potential
problems (most of my old domains are stll valid, and I receive a lot
of spam due to this but I prefer making it easier for people to get in
touch with me)
Yet in some cases something happen (say I get stuck by a car, eaten by
a lion, whatever) this is my metalab email, managed by ibiblio - I'm
sure they can set a .forward until the domains things are arranged.
Initially I paid the domains as a gift for the LDP, after this sad
cybersquatting story by one of your owns, but I can't remember about
registrering for so long. Anyway my suggestion is to renew it every
years, to be able to think about it time to time. (you'd have to miss
7 renewals in a raw to fail!)
I have no problem keeping an eye on the domain, but please consider
giving this function to ibiblio (maybe set up a DNS-alarm mail alias?)
BTW, may I ask here if anyone from canada could try to discuss the
domain oeil.ca with the "current owner", whom I fear will refuse to
negociate will me directly (we have a history- I am trying to claim
back the name). I still have that email appearing in a lot of places,
and I would like people using it to be able to reach for me.
I will gladly cover the expenses if the offer is fair ; alternately I
could also donate a domains that may sale at a faire price, like
externe.com or mauvaise.info (french joke)
Guylhem
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 5:18 AM, Rick Moen ####@####.#### wrote:
> Quoting Jean-Daniel Dodin ####@####.####
>
>> and I had to recover my LUG domain property (the former admin lose the
>> pass!!) and It was pretty difficult to convince Gandi Iwas the LUG
>> chairman! If I had to do for the LDP, I fear it to be difficult :-))
>
> It doesn't help the current task, but just for people's information:
>
> SVLUG (Silicon Valley Linux User Group) faced, after voting to leave the
> parent group (the supposed non-profit corporation I alluded to, in a
> prior post) after things didn't work out with them, of how to re-do the
> group's registration of its domains to ensure that various ghastly
> accidents did not occur (or occur again).
>
> In 2006, SVLUG had almost lost its main domain to accidental expiration
> because the one volunteer in charge had ignored my advice about avoiding
> single points of failure, and routed e-mail for all four domain contacts
> (Registrant, Administrative, Technical, and Billing) through her
> personal SMTP server in her house -- and then accidentally lost the
> server's configuration to handle those e-mail addresses. Consequently,
> SVLUG never received any of the renewal notices -- and was saved only
> because I independently monitored its domains' payment status and paid
> for the renewal, myself, when I saw that the group was not acting.
>
> In the wake of that near-disaster, the new SVLUG administration
> floundered and took no action because it was getting conflicting advice.
> Finally, this year, I gained the registrar access and mandate to fix the
> problem, which I did like this:
>
> http://lists.svlug.org/archives/volunteers/2008q4/001490.html
>
> You will note in that mailing list posting that the registrar access
> tokens for the "Registrant" login at registrar Joker.com have been
> made available to all of the main volunteers (about a half-dozen
> people). That login ####@####.#### gives full Web-interface
> control of the domains -- with the safeguard that the Administrative and
> Technical contacts' e-mail addresses go elsewhere (directly to two
> specific volunteers), so that any attempted fraud or abuse using the
> Registrant login can be detected and countered.
>
> There were a number of other common judgement errors I tried to
> carefully avoid in the domain setup, but it'd probably bore everyone to
> detail them. ;->
>
>
> ______________________
> http://lists.tldp.org/
>
>
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Dr. Guylhem Aznar, MD PhD
Unité d'Analyse Médico-Économique
Service de Santé Publique et d'Économie de la Santé
Pôle SPSSR
CHU de Fort de France
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97261 Fort De France Cedex
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