jeffmarsh writes>First, the registration forms should
not be accessible prior to the opening of registrations.<
Agreed. Though it would
be a mess if the pages contain errors.
>That way, the script writers won't be able
to see the structure of the registration forms before registration begins.<
Agreed.
Though they could make educated guesses about field labels which are required of
all registrants, and their probable order, eg: city before state.
>It will then
take them at least some time to program the script after registration begins. By
that time, the best generic domains would have already been registered.<
I know
some coder kids who are blindingly fast.
>Form 1 passes information to Form 2,
and so on. Form 2 can check the referrer to see what page submitted information
to it. If the referrer is not equal to Form 1 on the registrar's server, the
submission will be blocked.<
I'd thought of that, and I'm not convinced that coders
couldn't mimic the referring page. And this still leaves the problem of whether it
is legal to block scripts. SFAIK it isn't illegal to run them per se.
Regardless
of whether it is scripts or humans, I expect registrars to get absolutely hammered
on day one.