thats funny.

proweb only lists top level domains on their website, no mention of .au 's.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Stark [mailto:ronstark§snapsite.com.au]
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 4:56 PM
To: dns§lists.auda.org.au
Subject: RE: [DNS] DomainNames Australia Just Spammed me and a bunch of
clients. REAL SPAM.


Perhaps the more basic question is whether Proweb are accredited in any
way.  If they are, then Explorer would seem to be exposed.  If they're
not, probably nothing will - or can - happen.

Ron

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sean Finn [mailto:sean§teknol.com.au] 
> Sent: Thursday, 11 September 2003 4:49 PM
> To: dns§lists.auda.org.au
> Subject: RE: [DNS] DomainNames Australia Just Spammed me and 
> a bunch of clients. REAL SPAM.
> 
> 
> ok, 
> 
> so whats happening to proweb as a result of this?
> 
> -Sean.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Radford [mailto:paul§ozdesign.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 4:32 PM
> To: dns§lists.auda.org.au
> Subject: RE: [DNS] DomainNames Australia Just Spammed me and 
> a bunch of clients. REAL SPAM.
> 
> 
> Proweb Solutions is the reseller that registered these 
> domains through Explorer Domains.
> 
> Website: proweb.com.au
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sean Finn [mailto:sean§teknol.com.au] 
> Sent: Thursday, 11 September 2003 4:24 PM
> To: dns§lists.auda.org.au
> Subject: RE: [DNS] DomainNames Australia Just Spammed me and 
> a bunch of clients. REAL SPAM.
> 
> 
> Aye Carumba.
> 
> ok, so it's not spam.
> 
> What is happening to Explorer as a result of this?
> 
> It has been performed in bad faith, which is the core of this 
> issue, can noone do anything to stop this?
> 
> quoted from the email:
> "The above information shows your Australian Domain 
> Registration as being fully functional at the .au domain 
> registry, Ausregistry through a reseller of the registrar 
> Explorer Domains. Click here to whois your domain name: 
> http://whois.ausregistry.com.au
> 
> If you would like to update any of your details, please 
> contact one of our Domain Support Staff on 03 9923 6100."
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: OPen Your Mind [mailto:mail§openyourmind.com.au]
> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 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=REGIST
> RAR%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=CONTAC
> T%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=REGIST
> RAR%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=CONTAC
> T%20ID%20C
> 1299067-AR>
> Registrant Contact Name: Stewart Kibby
> Registrant Email: tech&#167;domainnames.com.au
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