Re: [ga] GoDaddy parking page on non-existing subdomain (was Australian geographic domain names released)

["Prophet Partners Inc." <Domains@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Andy,

It is a bad configuration of the cname records in their DNS. This happens 
when non-existing subdomains are not wildcarded to resolve to the www 
subdomain. GoDaddy is not the only registrar with this problem. I've also 
seen it with Network Solutions. I don't know whether or not these 
misconfigurations are purely error or intentional, but given the advertising 
revenue stream from parking pages, I'm more inclined to believe the latter.
One solution for the registrant is to use name servers or web hosting that 
are not associated with the registrar.
Sincerely,
Ted
Prophet Partners Inc.
http://www.ProphetPartners.com
http://www.Premium-Domain-Names.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andy Gardner" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Danny Younger" <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 11:41 PM
Subject: Re: [ga] Australian geographic domain names released


> On Oct 19, 2007, at 10:51 AM, Danny Younger wrote:
>
> > "At 2pm AEST on Sunday 21 October 2007 the Australian
> > Domain Name Registrar (auDA) will release a number of
> > Australian geographic names for use. The names will be
> > released on a first come, first served basis, subject
> > to normal policy rules..."
> >
> > http://www.djacobson.com/technology_business/2007/10/australian- 
> > geog.html
> I hand-typed djacobson.com into a browser, and I got a godaddy  parking 
> page. How the hell do registrars get away with this sort of  thing?