Argentine version of Google falls into “wrong” hands
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Argentine version of Google falls into “wrong” hands
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Re: Argentine version of Google falls into “wrong” hands
#2I wonder how long it would have taken to be noticed if he replicated DNS and sat on it for a while. Better yet, how long if he had redirected or cloned the site.
Re: Argentine version of Google falls into “wrong” hands
#3> >According to the Open Data Córdoba group (which is dedicated to tracking expired Argentine domains) Google's domain had not expired and, in fact, the expiration date was in July. But the group too was unable to explain what had happened or why.
Ouch. I think someone's going to have some explaining to do in the post-mortem.
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#4I see this kind of stuff happening all the time; some of them being high-profile sites too (e.g. "Keep America Great" got taken from Trump). Is there some website that monitors domain expiration and sends out alerts or is this mostly lone-actors? I'm always surprised by how quickly they move in on the domain
Re: Argentine version of Google falls into “wrong” hands
#5I wonder how long it would have taken to be noticed if he replicated DNS and sat on it for a while. Better yet, how long if he had redirected or cloned the site.
Google gets enough DNS traffic that I doubt you could just sit on it for very long. Not without an expensive bill.
Re: Argentine version of Google falls into “wrong” hands
#6If you're looking for domains potentially getting 'dropped' by Google, look no further: https://infogalactic.com/info/List_of_Google_domains
Re: Argentine version of Google falls into “wrong” hands
#7How was he able to register the domain months before it was supposed to expire? Did he hack the registrar itself?
Re: Argentine version of Google falls into “wrong” hands
#8I wonder how long it would have taken to be noticed if he replicated DNS and sat on it for a while. Better yet, how long if he had redirected or cloned the site.
Google gets enough DNS traffic that I doubt you could just sit on it for very long. Not without an expensive bill.
Wouldn't most of it get cached downstream tho?
Re: Argentine version of Google falls into “wrong” hands
#9I see this kind of stuff happening all the time; some of them being high-profile sites too (e.g. "Keep America Great" got taken from Trump). Is there some website that monitors domain expiration and sends out alerts or is this mostly lone-actors? I'm always surprised by how quickly they move in on the domain
It's called Domain drop catching or Domain sniping. There are tools available that do just that.
Re: Argentine version of Google falls into “wrong” hands
#10I see this kind of stuff happening all the time; some of them being high-profile sites too (e.g. "Keep America Great" got taken from Trump). Is there some website that monitors domain expiration and sends out alerts or is this mostly lone-actors? I'm always surprised by how quickly they move in on the domain
There are many such services, which will not only alert you but automatically try to buy the domain for you. Search for “domain backorders”.