I think registries are selling our queries to scammers - that's what I think. On 3/31/2011 8:27 PM, Jonathan Kramer, Esq. wrote: > Marc: > > Unless you have a static IP address which is registered to you or your firm > (see, for example, http://whois.domaintools.com/66.116.74.45), then your > personal information is fairly secure. Of course tracking cookies are a > serious source of concern, but I presume from your posts that you are very > security conscious and likely flush your system cookies and Flash cookies > regularly. The most that would likely be gleaned from your whois queries is > your IP address connected to the query. If your IP is dynamically assigned, > then this lessens the possibility of tying your whois queries directly to > you. > > I think that the fact that Gilroy (Garlic...YUM!) announces that it's > starting a farmers market, and a few weeks later that obvious name is > registered by a "Joey Pauline" who only apparently has a handful of other > domains, should not come as a surprise, or suggest that whois queries are > being sniffed. Rather, it suggests to me that Joey was "the early bird that > caught the worm", here the obvious event name. > > Respectfully, > > Jonathan > > > ____________________ > Jonathan L. Kramer, Esq. > Kramer Telecom Law Firm, P.C. > 2001 S. Barrington Ave., Suite 306 > Los Angeles, CA 90025-5379 USA > Toll Free: +1 (855) CELL SITE > Direct Tel: +1 (310) 405-7333 > N.Y. Dir. Tel: +1 (718) 395-7500 > Main Tel: +1 (310) 312-9900 > Google Tel: +1 (714) WIRELESS > Fax: +1 (310) 473-5900 > www.CellSiteLawyer.com > www.TelecomLawFirm.com > www.CellularPCS.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: NCSG-NCUC [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of > Marc Perkel > Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 7:57 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Domain Name Front Running > > What concerns me is how is it that other people have access to my whois > queries? > > On 3/31/2011 6:48 PM, Nicolas Adam wrote: >> Not so long ago, it was made on a vast scale at the speed of light, so >> to speak, and freee for 5 days, hence the name: domain tasting. Highly >> crooked and the symptom of a broken market. >> >> On 3/31/2011 9:43 PM, Marc Perkel wrote: >>> I can't help but to believe that this is highly illegal. You look up >>> a domain and the registrars steal your domain name. >>> >>> On 3/31/2011 6:37 PM, Nicolas Adam wrote: >>>> I believe tasting was mostly done by registrars peeking in on their >>>> own search engine. I could be wrong. >>>> >>>> On 3/31/2011 11:23 AM, Marc Perkel wrote: >>>>> It looks like it has a name. There appears to be some mechanism >>>>> where if I look up a non-existent domain that lookup is somehow >>>>> exposed to people who then register the domain if I don't register >>>>> it immediately. >>>>> >>>>> The town of Gilroy is starting a farmers market. A few weeks ago I >>>>> looked up GilroyFarmersMarket.com and it was available. I come back >>>>> two weeks later and it's taken. >>>>> >>>>> Who is tracking this? How do third parties know that I looked up >>>>> that domain?