[gnso-rap-dt] Kiting (or lack thereof)

["Greg Aaron" <gaaron@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear all:

 

I did another look today, and do not see any kiting examples in my registry.

 

I looked in the .INFO registry records for all domains that:

1. Had been registered (Created) and then deleted in Add Grace Period in the
last 60 days.  And 

2. were then Created again at least once.  And 

3. when re-registered, were always re-registered within an hour of deletion.

 

Names deleted in Add Grace Period are immediately returned to the pool of
available names.  So if someone was trying to keep a domain name "for free"
over a period of time, I reason that they would always pick the name up
again within an hour.  Otherwise the name could have been taken by anyone
else who wanted it.

 

Results:

*       There was one domain that was re-registered five times in a row.
(Created a grand total of six times in a row, between November 9-11.)   I
Googled and don't see any abuse reports related to this domain (spam,
malware, etc.). 
*       There were two domains that were re-registered three times in a row.
I Googled and don't see any abuse reports related to these domains (spam,
malware, etc.).
*       There were six domains that were re-registered twice in a row. 

 

During those 60 days, there were 550,000+ Creates in the registry.  So, a
TINY percentage of cases are at issue here - perhaps three domains in
550,000.

 

And these cases might not even be "abusive."    I think it's likely that
these involve anomalous but benign behavior.  They might be the result of
registrar-side glitches, registrant errors, credit-card processing problems,
etc.   Two of the three domains were at registrars who get their
registrations via resellers, and I have seen resellers sometimes implement
things oddly or badly.  None of the nine domains involved cross-registrar
Creates.

 

Please let me know if any questions.  

 

All best,

--Greg

 

 

 

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