{"id":217,"date":"2009-11-05T13:20:53","date_gmt":"2009-11-05T18:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/?p=217"},"modified":"2009-11-05T13:24:59","modified_gmt":"2009-11-05T18:24:59","slug":"quis-custodiet-ipsos-custodes-the-domain-industry-deserves-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/quis-custodiet-ipsos-custodes-the-domain-industry-deserves-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? The domain industry deserves to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span lang=\"la\" xml:lang=\"la\"><em>Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Who watches the watchmen? When a vice president of a corporation who is supposed to be in charge of security processes violates the trust of clients, who is watching upon him?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nelson &#8220;Halvarez&#8221; Brady<\/strong> is not necessarily a bad person. In fact, most people who met him or otherwise engaged in business relationships with him, paint him in the best light possible; they speak of a pleasant, non-arrogant guy who listens and attempts to establish long-standing business relationships.<\/p>\n<p>In August of 2005, I exchanged a handful of emails with Nelson Brady, after I discovered a security hole in the way Snapnames managed the newly caught domains. Brady was grateful for my contribution and the issue was fixed. Little did I know that at a month earlier, Nelson Brady was emptying my wallet as &#8220;Halvarez&#8221; by driving up a Snapnames auction to the $2,300 I had to pay for that particular domain.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nelson Brady violated the trust of others<\/strong> and engaged in activities that now appear to be causing an aftershock tsunami <strong>that is far from slowing down<\/strong>. When the waves hit the domain shores, the impact will be tremendous to an industry that for years now is deemed as the Wild West; unregulated and an open field to entrepreneurs and investors.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the domain industry is wide open to those that exploit its vulnerabilities in a manner that is unethical, unlawful and provoking.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So who is watching the watchmen?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Who watches the watchmen? When a vice president of a corporation who is supposed to be in charge of security processes violates the trust of clients, who is watching upon him? Nelson &#8220;Halvarez&#8221; Brady is not necessarily a bad person. 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