Go to www.networksolutions.com and check if a random domain is available (I tried f5ke00gpl.com and it was). Sit back for 5 minutes. Then do a WHOIS using your favourite third party service and you will see that NetSol have registered the domain, and if you want it you’ll have to buy it from them.
This is called domain “front running” and if we might play devils advocate for a moment it is a very slick idea, but alas it calls forth too many memories of another Verisign service “wildcard domains“.
Unfortunately we cannot waste NetSols money because
a) it is believed to be limitless
b) the registration costs them noting, as it uses the ICANN typo “domain tasting” loophole.
A domain so-registered seems to last for four days. But leaving it “expire” in the hopes of using another registrar is risky. Many automated squatters snap up domains that expire.
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