RE: [registrars] Domain Registry Support

["John Berryhill" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Could I interest you in some fake banks:

http://www.aa419.org/fake-banks/fakebankslist.php

These are typically used in connection with Nigerian 419 schemes, and also
include sites where you can "verify" that you've won the Dutch lottery, such
as this gem:

www.dutchstakeout.com


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rick Wesson
Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 3:17 AM
To: Marcus Faure
Cc: Jim Archer; 'Registrars Constituency'
Subject: Re: [registrars] Domain Registry Support

Marcus Faure wrote:

>Hi Rick,
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>is there a charge for the service?
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no, nore is one is planned

>If CORE were to participate, we would inform the respective member who
>is in charge of the compromised domain, but would not enforce to take
>it down.
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great. I'll work on putting a formal note togther for registrars and how 
it all works.

-rick

>Yours,
>Marcus
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>>Something I've been doing for network service providers is a daily 
>>report on compromised systems. I'm working with APWG on
>>a system to desiminate information about phishing to registrars and 
>>NSPs. We are finalizing the agreement and the folks at APWG would like 
>>to know who would be interested in participating.
>>
>>The system is real time, notices in text and xml using jabber as the 
>>transport. Also if anyone of you have an ASN and would like reports on 
>>your network let me know.
>>
>>in short would anyone use authenticated information about a fishing 
>>attack to place the domain on hold? also the jabber infrastructure could 
>>be leveraged for regular IM instead of a mailing list. Most of the folks 
>>going after botnets are moving from lists to IM because of the 
>>timeliness of the information.
>>
>>-rick
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>>Jim Archer wrote:
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>>>Would it be possible or desirable to set up a special RC list just to 
>>>announce scams and such?  That would be a relatively low traffic list 
>>>and we could all add representatives who are not interested in most 
>>>discussion here but who are responsible for these kind of consumer 
>>>affairs issues.
>>>
>>>This might be an effective for all of us to help protect our customers...
>>>
>>>What does everyone think?
>>>
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