RE: [cobalt-users] A real interesting addition to hosts.deny

[Rodolfo Paiz <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > > Feb 13 16:09:54 www portsentry[1467]: attackalert:
> > > SYN/Normal scan from
> > > host: crawler.ldap.research.netsol.com/216.168.227.9 to
> > > TCP port: 389
>
> > Imagine a global addressbook where you could lookup
> > email-addresses, public keys, etc. directly from Outlook
> > Express or whatever software you're using.
>
> And the wonderfull spam resource it would make -/

I am never, ever doing business with NetSol ever again. They are a
registrar, charged with the custody of a huge amount of personal data,
and they are *actively* selling that database to spammers and other
marketers. This is, AFAIAC, betrayal.

Fuck 'em. Pardon my French. You can't do a global search on LDAP, but
*they* sure as hell can take their entire database and sell it. Which
they do. Today. Not in some mythical future. (Their ad selling your
contact info says something like "Get ready, get set, go... thousands of
domains and their full contact information, sliced and diced and ready
for you to call...")

I'm transferring all my domains to someone else and deleting all contact
handles with them. And anything they won't delete, I'm putting B.S. info
in it... which will also let me know when one of their customers comes
calling.

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Rodolfo J. Paiz
rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>