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Well, my registrar (home.pl) doesn't even allow non-private registrations.

Just check the whois record for angband.pl...

On the other hand, GoDaddy considers privacy to be an "extra service".

He registered it before they trademarked iTunes, not before they announced it. Furthur, he registered it over two years after Apple registered itunes.com (link is to whois data).

Apple registered itunes.com in August 1998, though. Over two years before Cohen's domain.

Many of you have heard or noticed the way in which the msn bot is pounding and raping away sites as of lately. The thing is behaving like a drunk man knocking on random apartment doors over and over again. Here is some sample data from my personal site..

2004-11-09 15:17:56 sync.X-1.0.tar.gz 207.46.98.33
2004-11-09 14:25:37 permit-1.0.tar.gz 207.46.98.33
2004-11-09 10:32:15 cdp-1.0.tar.gz 207.46.98.33
2004-11-09 06:25:07 sync.X-1.0.tar.gz 207.46.98.33
2004-11-09 06:19:18 permit-1.0.tar.gz 207.46.98.33
2004-11-09 02:51:34 cdp-1.0.tar.gz 207.46.98.33
2004-11-09 02:46:07 cdp-1.0.tar.gz 207.46.98.33
2004-11-09 02:35:36 MultiplyWithMFC-1.0_src.zip 66.249.64.199
2004-11-09 00:55:05 sync.X-1.0.tar.gz 207.46.98.33
2004-11-09 00:12:03 permit-1.0.tar.gz 207.46.98.33
2004-11-09 00:10:57 permit-1.0.tar.gz 207.46.98.33
2004-11-09 00:05:21 sync.X-1.0.tar.gz 207.46.98.33
2004-11-08 21:03:10 permit-1.0.tar.gz 207.46.98.33

Note that 207.46.98.33 is registered to Microsoft so lets assume it's the msn bot. Notice that the damn thing blindly keeps on downloading the same file! The requests are just a few minutes from each other. The other ip address is from google's bot. This can be dangerous for those of us who have transfer caps. I know that a simple tweak in robots.txt and/or meta tags should (hopefully) solve the problem but why do I have to do extra work because of their "ways" of implementing this thing? Beta or not they are using the whole web as their test subject and unless there is a reasonable explanation as to why this is being done, tests are not going well and well it's just annoying. ;)

Could someone enlighten me with an explanation as to why this could be happening?

Your DNS information for the registered domain name Buran.org gives almost all the information any good stalker needs to know. Your name (possibly first name J. last name S.) your possible address (in Apt A), possible company (N. Technologies) and lots of other information including your phone number, which is different from your business phone number. Also included is another person's name, your technical contact, who's location was not revealed.

Sooooo ummm yeah. There is lots of info out there. As soon as anyone register's a domain name, they "bend over." Granted, the pants are still on, but potential for trouble is there.

To see what I'm talking about, just go to dnsstuff.com and do a WHOIS lookup an anyone.

jason

did some googling. and checked out the whois for americavotes.org. it's registered to a "Carol Trevelyan Strategy Group". googled that and it seems to only do business with progressives.

those local affiliates can have some weird news sources.

http://www.arin.net/
http://www.dnsstuff.com/
(not dnsstuff.org)

Let me be among the first to call "Bullshit" on this supposed test.

Any nerd worth his salt knows to first check the headers of the e-mail and Lookup the IP to see where the mail really came from, and/or view the source of the HTML and identify obfusicated URL redirects. Then again, any IT guy who is using HTML-enabled e-mail should have his geek license revoked in the first place.

Also cool is this little SPF tester to tell you if you got it setup right.

Microsoft Corporation
Carolyn Gudmundson
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052
US

Windowsupdatenow
8975 hoello
brazil city, brazil none
BR

Is there an easy way to tell if your own computer is a zombie spambot?

Alldomains.com - The Leader in Corporate Domain Management
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about or related to a domain name registration record. Alldomains.com
does not guarantee its accuracy. By submitting a WHOIS query, you agree
that you will use this Data only for lawful purposes and that, under no
circumstances will you use this Data to: (1) allow, enable, or otherwise
support the transmission of mass unsolicited, commercial advertising or
solicitations via e-mail (spam); or (2) enable high volume, automated,
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By submitting this query, you agree to abide by this policy.

Registrant:
Trout & Zimmer (DOM-425410)
3727 W. Magnolia Blvd., Suite 102 Burbank CA 91510 US

Domain Name: gmail.com

Registrar Name: Alldomains.com
Registrar Whois: whois.alldomains.com
Registrar Homepage: http://www.alldomains.com

Administrative Contact:
Domain Administrator (NIC-1559277) Trout & Zimmer
3727 W. Magnolia Blvd., Suite 102 Burbank CA 91510 US
domains@troutzimmer.com +1.8184491024 Fax- +1.3104607040
Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
Center Network Operations (NIC-398252) Alldomains.com
1800 Sutter St. Suite 100 Concord CA 94520 US
hostmaster@alldomains.com +1.9256859600 Fax- +1.9256859620

Created on..............: 1995-Aug-13.
Expires on..............: 2006-Aug-12.
Record last updated on..: 2004-Mar-25 09:01:57.

Domain servers in listed order:

NS1.ALLDOMAINS.COM 64.124.14.32
NS5.ALLDOMAINS.COM 202.76.88.163
NS2.ALLDOMAINS.COM 209.25.143.102
NS3.ALLDOMAINS.COM 206.246.241.111
NS4.ALLDOMAINS.COM 217.199.176.204

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For those who don't know where their hosting ultimately resides, ping your server to get the IP address, then use the IP Whois at DNSStuff.

To get a grasp on how widely blocked you are, look up your IP address on the various DNS-based blocklists.

Enter your mail server IP address into OpenRBL and the spam database lookup form at DNS Stuff.

The "Google" and "Senderbase" links at OpenRBL are also useful.

According to reverse dns, 24.86.121.228 belongs to Canadian cable tv/broadband provider Shaw Communications.

www.dnsstuff.com