briman1970

Originally Posted by trlg

sorry, but i fail to see the logic in this. Is there any special reason for trusting in (the owner of) whois.net to not do the same above any other registrar (you're saying that "Using several registrars to check for available names will result in the name being stolen by a registrar, a taster or a squatter.")? After all, whois.net is also owned by a commerical entity, verio.net. You're assuming that u can trust verio.net here? (i'm not saying u can't, btw, but... this definitely seems to be the assumption here).

Certain parties sell or exploit their search databases in order to snatch domains that are being searched for availability. Actually, I've seen reports that DNAnalyzer can no longer be trusted when downloaded from parties that "brand" the software so that it can track searches. I've never had a problem with the DNAnalyzer I downloaded from Download.com many moons ago though.

I've used Whois.net for quite some time and I've never had a domain name reg'd out from under me. I have had this happen at other places though. It is a real problem. You can ask any senior member here and they will confirm this for you.

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