1996-01-30 - Re: Domain hijacking, InterNIC loopholes

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From: Bob Rankin <bobrankin@mhv.net>
To: Rishab Aiyer Ghosh <rishab@dxm.org>
Message Hash: 6c6183b27de698fe05ae1b17543c2d03b11790ad9a1cf1301d618fb90cad9d04
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UTC Datetime: 1996-01-30 23:19:23 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 07:19:23 +0800

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From: Bob Rankin <bobrankin@mhv.net>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 07:19:23 +0800
To: Rishab Aiyer Ghosh <rishab@dxm.org>
Subject: Re: Domain hijacking, InterNIC loopholes
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Rishab wrote: 

>On the other hand I know no case of domain hijacking
>actually taking place. 

I do.  The sysop at colossus.net told me this very thing happened to him
last fall.  I just can't believe this process is automated - I wonder what
would happen if someone hijacked internic.net!

Regards,
  Bob Rankin (BobRankin@MHV.net)





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