The Passport Payment (2000)

Post by jtl999 » Sun, Jul 19, 2020, 10:43 PM UTC

namibj wrote: post #17

StavrosK wrote: post #11

I'm confused, how did he pay for someone else's domain? Was there no authentication?

Back then, control was authenticated as necessary for the proper functioning, but even today I see no reason why renewal should have to be gated behind login walls. Actually, I'd even prefer it not to be, because you might, in a pinch, be prevented from paying for them yourself electronically, having to call in a favor and promise to pay back as soon as you see that friend. Or you just prefer to pay someone cash for…

Post by jedimastert » Mon, Jul 20, 2020, 3:16 PM UTC

wolco wrote: post #35

jedimastert wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> even today I see no reason why renewal should have to be gated behind login walls. This actually reminds me on a somewhat interesting social engineering "vulnerability" a little while back[0]. 1. The hacker would call into Amazon and say that the website was acting up and they needed to add a card to the victim's account. It wouldn't take much effort because why would it? 2. The hacker'd call right back and say tha…

That's a useless hack at the time. You could generate your own credit card numbers back then using a formula. The name/expiry date or address were not used for verification. So ordering from a fake credit card was easy. Finding the drop shipping location was the hard part.

Post by jtl999 » Sat, Jul 25, 2020, 8:29 PM UTC

namibj wrote: post #54

jtl999 wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are other registrars that support paying for an arbitrary domain without having ownership.

Got an example? And could you use it to pay for my domain, which is not using "your" registrar?