Yes they are active domain names and the passwords do work.
They are .net.au registrations registered by Domain Names Australia through
the Registrar Explorer.
Explorer or their reseller have obviously scanned the Ausregistry database
and extracted the whois details relating to the corresponding .com.au domain
names and decided to simply apply those details against the .net.au
registration.  Today we have received a number of emails confirming .net.au
registrations from Domain Names Australia due to the fact that some of the
older registrations we put through Melbourne IT still have our email address
noted as the registrant contact. Some we are not the registrant contact, but
once were.

Regards,

Jacqui Maiolo





> -----Original Message-----
> From: OPen Your Mind [mailto:mail§openyourmind.com.au]
> Sent: Thursday, 11 September 2003 3:53 PM
> To: dns§lists.auda.org.au
> Subject: RE: [DNS] DomainNames Australia Just Spammed me and a bunch of
> clients. REAL SPAM.
>
>
> They are not fake passwords, they actually work, we have just checked,
>
> These are .net.au domain names that were registered by DNA on behalf of
> consumers who faxed their .net.au unregistered letters
>
> However what is strange is that fact that the registrant details are
> identical to the .com.au version of this name?
>
> Example would be totalec.com.au and totalec.net.au,
>
> it seems that they are taking the whois data and creating new tech/admin
> handles without authority.
>
> Domain Name:  <http://www.totalec.com.au> totalec.com.au
> Last Modified: 20-Nov-2002 04
> Registrar ID: R00010-AR
> <http://www.ausregistry.com.au/domains/index.php?domain=REGISTRAR%20ID%2
> 0R00010-AR>
> Registrar Name: Melbourne IT <http://www.melbourneit.com.au/>
> Status: ok
> Registrant: TOTALEC PTY. LTD.
> Registrant ID: OTHER 47 003 838 113
> Registrant ROID: C0720958-AR
> <http://www.ausregistry.com.au/domains/index.php?domain=CONTACT%20ID%20C
> 0720958-AR>
> Registrant Contact Name: THE MANAGER
> Registrant Email: tech&#167;domainnames.com.au
>
> Domain Name:  <http://www.totalec.net.au> totalec.net.au
> Last Modified: Never Updated
> Registrar ID: R00020-AR
> <http://www.ausregistry.com.au/domains/index.php?domain=REGISTRAR%20ID%2
> 0R00020-AR>
> Registrar Name: Explorer <http://www.explorer.net.au>
> Status: inactive
> Registrant: TOTALEC PTY. LTD.
> Registrant ID: ACN 003838113
> Registrant ROID: C1299067-AR
> <http://www.ausregistry.com.au/domains/index.php?domain=CONTACT%20ID%20C
> 1299067-AR>
> Registrant Contact Name: Stewart Kibby
> Registrant Email: tech&#167;domainnames.com.au
>
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