Re: Teen hacker controls ebay

[Florian Weimer <fw () deneb enyo de>]

* Über GuidoZ:

> I believe it was done through email. DENIC received the request to
> change the DNS, then emailed Tucows to see if it was ok to make the
> changes. By default, the answer is yes. So, since no one responded
> saying "Hell no! Don't do that", the changes were made.
>
> Personally, I can't comprehend how the default for something like that
> would be "Yes", as it's easy to have email get lost, stopped as spam,
> overlooked, etc.

Network Solutions is being slammed because they recently made the
default "no". 8-/

> The default answer should be No, which you have to change by an
> email.

That's why many registrars answer with an automated "no" (which can be
overridden manually if necessary during the next couple of weeks).

> (Not that it's difficult to spoof an email address... hence why DNS
> changes and such should NEVER be done through email.)

Nowadays, all messages should be signed with OpenPGP.

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