NXDOMAIN data needed for survey

Thu Mar 20 19:22:01 UTC 2008

On Mar 20, 2008, at 12:04 PM, Martin Hannigan wrote:
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> On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 1:33 PM, Steve Atkins <steve at blighty.com>  
> wrote:
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>> On Mar 20, 2008, at 9:56 AM, Martin Hannigan wrote:
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>>> On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 12:22 PM, Ray Demain wrote:
>>>> We are looking to purchase NXDOMAIN data for an internet survey.
>>>>
>>>> We prefer to receive the data on an hourly basis so it is as  
>>>> fresh as
>>>> possible. Our system receives the data from you via ftp that you
>>>> provide.
>>>> Its hard to value the data until we have taken a look at it. As one
>>>> example,
>>>> we pay a current partner $4000 per month for 100,000 records per
>>>> day. If you
>>>> would like to setup a test so we can determine the value of your
>>>> data please
>>>> contact me at
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> What company would this be for?
>>
>> A domain squatting company, presumably.
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>
> Thanks, I know. I wanted to stimulate a thread that was archived for
> others historical reference.

Yeah, me too.

He's also apparently Mr Domain Investments LLC, Mr herbalclicks.com,
was typosquatting on a bunch of t-mobile domains until they took them
away from him -
http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/decisions/html/2007/d2007-0919.html
- and was sued by Microsoft for sending CAN-SPAM violating spam to
hotmail users a couple of years back in the myauctionbiz.biz case -
http://spamkings.oreilly.com/MSFT-vs-Myauctionbizbiz.pdf .

I wonder who he's paying for his nxdomain data, and whether that
someone is authorized to sell it. It strikes me that it's just a small
step for someone with access to ISP internal data to go from selling
DNS logs to selling usernames too.

Cheers,
   Steve