RE: [ga] Network Solutions

["Nevett, Jonathon" <jnevett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Danny:

 

While I'm sure that it is fun sport to bash Network Solutions whenever
and wherever possible, let's be clear that this is a hosting issue and
has nothing to do with ICANN or the GNSO.  

 

With that said, this issue related to our web hosting platform was
brought to our executive management's attention this morning, and
already has been addressed. 

 

Thanks.

 

Jon

 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Danny Younger
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 11:51 AM
To: ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ga] Network Solutions Hijacking Unassigned Sub-Domains

 

 

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/08/network-solutions-hijacking-unassig
ned-sub-domains/

 

 

[excerpt]

"Network Solutions is hijacking unassigned sub domains

and delivering link filled holding pages for hundreds

of thousands of sites.

 

Win Betteridge runs GotGame.com and contacted

TechCrunch with the details:

 

For instance, app.gotgame.com resolves to a Network

Solutions page with text links, including "Poker

Tournaments" and "Texas Holdem Games." The same is

true of any other unassigned sub-domain. We have

spoken to customer service a few times about fixing

this problem...

 

According to a search on DomainTools there are 294,438

sites on the same Network Solutions IP address as

GotGame.com. I ran a test on the sites listed (for

free) by DomainTools and every single one had the same

issue: unassigned domain names with link filled

Network Solutions holding pages."