DirectNIC CEO Sigmund Solares just couldn’t help himself; he had to needle me for throwing stones while working in a glass office building … or so he seems to believe.
As chronicled on this blog the past few days, directNIC is the domain name registrar singled out by a security expert as a prime example of these companies not doing enough filtering to thwart obvious phishers. The case cited by the expert was directNIC’s granting of a domain name — signin-ebay-c.com — to a “Craig Smith,” who — surprise, surprise — used it to open up a phishing shop.
Solares and I had just finished a phone chat about the matter when I received an e-mail from him that included this little dig:
“Network World let me sign up claiming that I am ‘eBay,’ ” he notes. “Hopefully no one is on the Network World network posing as someone else. Perhaps Network World should start filtering as well.”
Ouch. No fair hitting back.
But seriously, let’s examine the two situations:
Yes, Network World, like many media sites, does allow anonymous and pseudonymous comments.
What’s the worst that can happen? … I might actually believe that Bill Gates reads this blog.
And what’s the worst that can happen if a registrar such as directNIC fails to detect an obvious phisher?
My point exactly.
