[Coco] CoCo Gallery

[Gene Heskett]

On Wednesday 09 June 2010, Diego Barizo wrote:
>I would transfer my domain anywhere else RIGHT NOW.
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godaddy#Controversies
>
>Diego
>
>Roger Taylor wrote:
>> At 07:35 PM 6/9/2010, you wrote:
>>> At 07:20 PM 6/9/2010, you wrote:
>>>> At 09:57 PM 6/8/2010, you wrote:
>>>>> On Tuesday 08 June 2010, Roger Taylor wrote:
>>>>> >The CoCo Gallery has yet again been removed from coco3.com due to
>>>>> >abuse by some unknown spambot or source linked to the zettapetta
>>>>> >attack thing.  Whoever the bastard is somehow knew to tap into the
>>>>> >part of the system that casts a shadow around pictures.  Because my
>>>>> >gallery config uses the shadow on all pictures, this rat went to
>>>>> > work quick and got his way.  The gallery is gone.
>>>>>
>>>>> Which is too bad.
>>>>
>>>> Another thing that is too bad is that somebody just filed a
>>>> complaint through godaddy that my WhoIs record was invalid.  I just
>>>> about fell out of my chair.  The attacks just keep coming.  Right
>>>> after I posted that my google rating was excellent, I get this.
>>>> Godaddy charged my credit card $9.95 and basically said, "somebody
>>>> filed a complaint", and therefore according to your agreeement, we
>>>> charged you a fee.  WHAT?  And yep, the charge is there, and godaddy
>>>> shows it in my account payments.
>>>>
>>>> I'm going to call them and get the source of the complaint.
>>>
>>> I might add that while googling this issue, it seems that this might
>>> be a popular trick for obtaining somebody else's domain name or just
>>> basically tarnishing a good guy or group.
>>>
>>> Godaddy apparently can shut down a domain name on a whim and not
>>> release it back to the "owner" who "failed to comply" or "got a
>>> complaint that his WhoIs record didn't Seem to be valid".  Those are
>>> basically the words they used.  Can you believe this?
>>>
>>> Mickey Mouse Games 101, here we come.
>>
>> And if the previous stuff I mentioned didn't curdle your milk, here's
>> the actual godaddy page that people can use to sit all day long and
>> file bogus complaints, at the expense of the godaddy customers, of
>> course!  Why Not?  Every other corporation is evil... why can't
>> godaddy get in on the action?  JESUS CHRIST, I dreaming.  Somebody
>> pour some cold water on me.
>>
>> http://who.godaddy.com/
>
Roger, see <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/09/mass_webpage_attack/>

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