Verisign and the FBI .com domain name down

The Us state of Maryland has worked with the FBI and Verisign .com domain name brought down, while those registered stood at a foreign registrar. Reason for this was that there Bodog.com online could be gambled.

The regional government of the state of Maryland had, through the FBI, submitted a complaint to Verisign, the domain name bodog.com prompt has been redirected to a takedownpagina so reports Forbes. That while the domain name registered was with a Canadian registrar. Typically, the registrar asked myself the domain exit. Verisign could be in the place of the registrar do that because it is the root domain servers, possession of all .com – and .net domains. The root servers are the first verwijspunten in the domain name system. It is not the first time that a takedown outside the registrars to happen.

Sports betting are illegal in Maryland, and the payouts, that from abroad, were carried to American players are illegal under U.s. law. The American state has therefore the .com domain from Bodog, registered through a foreign registrar, block due to the provision of online gambling services and the carrying out of illegal transactions.

The seizure of the domain name fits in the context of large-scale actions of the FBI against online sites. Previously, the online gambling Full Tilt, and Absolute Poker down.