Grant Taylor <gtay...@tnetconsulting.net> writes:

>> A very large number (nearly all, in fact) of the spams I receive these 
>> days involve domains registered with Namecheap. I've received hundreds 
>> of spams involving .icu domains from what appear to be the same spammer. 
>> I also receive a large number of scams impersonating Bitmain, again 
>> using domains involving Namecheap.
>
> Is Namecheap just the registrar?  Or are they also hosting the DNS service?

As a Namecheap customer, you are making me want to move. That is good,
but its also something you should consider, before you block the entire
registrar: there are a significant number of non-spamming Namecheap
customers that you would be cutting off if you did this. I understand
you want to put pressure on Namecheap, but the flip side of that is you
will be cutting yourself off from those domains in the process.

>> While Namecheap does suspend at least some domains within days of their 
>> being used in a campaign, it's clear that these are being treated as 
>> single-use domains, so this has very little impact on the spammers.

This sounds like Fast Flux - and it is not something that happens only
on Namecheap.

> I think there are also lists of domains that have been recently 
> registered.  Which might help if the single use domains were recently 
> registered.

Having such a list would be very helpful for dealing with fast flux.

-- 
        micah

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