The actual value, from a security standpoint, of using a proxy domain registrar?
Florian Weimer
fweimer at bfk.de
Thu Jul 16 08:27:58 UTC 2009
* Mike Lyon:
> So the question I have is this: What actual security are these proxy
> companies providing to the end-user?
You can register domains without alerting your competition that you
plan to provide a particular service (which could be guessed based on
the domain name). Or a merger is coming up, and you want to quietly
get the domain for the new company name.
OTOH, there doesn't seem to be a legitimate long-term use for business
purposes. (In my view, the secondary domain market is not
legitimate---online advertisers keep it alive to artificially increase
conversion rates, essentially defrauding brand owners who are
structurally unable to cope with this situation.)
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