[NCLUG] domain registration

[Michael Dwyer]

At 12:27 PM 1/11/01 -0700, you wrote:
>thorson at aster.com wrote:
> > Everyone has heard of the crap comming out of Network
> > Solution.  There are some registrars who actually claim
> > to retain ownership of the domain you purchase and many
> > have other hidden quirks in their agreements.
>
>NSI does this by making it so difficult to change your
>registration that they might as well own it. :-) They
>don't have any kind of SSL interface to change things,
>so don't change email providers. Also, make sure that
>you don't get your email from your provider by popping
>it down to your Linux box.

Well, at the very least, use their 'Guardian' plan and
use CRYPT-PW or higher.  Also, don't let their web
interface generate a password for you.  The crypt
string it generates uses the first two characters as
the crypt salt instead of a random salt.  Use apache's
htpass or something instead.

NetSol is not really for beginners...