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I'm assuming they're adding the Verisign DDoS protection service, but this change should make EVERY single Godaddy client very, very, very nervous (from the cur

by druiid 14y ago

I'm assuming they're adding the Verisign DDoS protection service, but this change should make EVERY single Godaddy client very, very, very nervous (from the current whois): Domain Name: GODADDY.COM Registrar: GODADDY.COM, LLC Whois Server: whois.godaddy.com Referral URL: http://registrar.godaddy.com Name Server: A1.VERISIGNDNS.COM Name Server: A2.VERISIGNDNS.COM Name Server: A3.VERISIGNDNS.COM Status: clientDeleteProhibited Status: clientRenewProhibited Status: clientTransferProhibited Status: clientUpdateProhibited Updated Date: 10-sep-2012 Creation Date: 02-mar-1999 Expiration Date: 01-nov-2021 Yes, you read that right... they just implemented verisign name-servers. A multi-multi million (billion?) dollar company.

aeden 14y ago
That's a very interesting observation. When you say it should make current clients nervous, what angle are you thinking of? The angle that they should be nervous because GoDaddy had to go to someone else for this type of service or that Verisign is now involved?
- druiid 14y ago
  The angle that a company responsible for hosting DNS, site hosting, SSL and similar services is incapable of bringing their own site back up without resorting to using a competitors services.
  - mongol 14y ago
    Yes but still.. why so very very nervous? I value that they get things working as soon as possible. After that I can switch.
    - druiid 14y ago
      I'd say (although until seeing the DDoS numbers, I suppose I can't assume anything) that any large hosting provider like this should have an infrastructure in place for taking care of a large attack like this. To have any less at this late a stage in the game for them, speaks of a general enough incompetence as to be enough reason to move services, let alone 'political' type reasons. I've seen (and experienced) 10Gigabit+ DDoS attacks and generally they end up taking down the entire data-center, but that's smaller provider levels. I can't imagine that level of attack should take down Godaddy, but then who knows what they're actually running behind the scenes. Essentially, what I'm saying... is this is a large enough issue with the internet today that a provider this large should have had at least SOME protections in place for this already (And perhaps Verisign might have been a decent enough choice, or Prolexic...).
      - mongol 14y ago
        Yes.. it is very bad of them, I agree. I just don't see the point in being very nervous. They will sort it out and I can switch. It is not like my domain is stolen and can't be taken back.
druiid 14y ago
And in case anyone doesn't believe this: Default server: a1.verisigndns.com Address: 2001:500:7967::2:33#53 > www.godaddy.com Server: a1.verisigndns.com Address: 209.112.113.33#53 Name: www.godaddy.com Address: 184.168.227.107

by druiid 14y ago

aeden 14y ago

That's a very interesting observation. When you say it should make current clients nervous, what angle are you thinking of? The angle that they should be nervous because GoDaddy had to go to someone else for this type of service or that Verisign is now involved?

druiid 14y ago
The angle that a company responsible for hosting DNS, site hosting, SSL and similar services is incapable of bringing their own site back up without resorting to using a competitors services.
- mongol 14y ago
  Yes but still.. why so very very nervous? I value that they get things working as soon as possible. After that I can switch.
  - druiid 14y ago
    I'd say (although until seeing the DDoS numbers, I suppose I can't assume anything) that any large hosting provider like this should have an infrastructure in place for taking care of a large attack like this. To have any less at this late a stage in the game for them, speaks of a general enough incompetence as to be enough reason to move services, let alone 'political' type reasons. I've seen (and experienced) 10Gigabit+ DDoS attacks and generally they end up taking down the entire data-center, but that's smaller provider levels. I can't imagine that level of attack should take down Godaddy, but then who knows what they're actually running behind the scenes. Essentially, what I'm saying... is this is a large enough issue with the internet today that a provider this large should have had at least SOME protections in place for this already (And perhaps Verisign might have been a decent enough choice, or Prolexic...).
    - mongol 14y ago
      Yes.. it is very bad of them, I agree. I just don't see the point in being very nervous. They will sort it out and I can switch. It is not like my domain is stolen and can't be taken back.

druiid 14y ago

And in case anyone doesn't believe this: Default server: a1.verisigndns.com Address: 2001:500:7967::2:33#53 > www.godaddy.com Server: a1.verisigndns.com Address: 209.112.113.33#53 Name: www.godaddy.com Address: 184.168.227.107