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US .gov WHOIS Info Restricted Over Attacker Fears

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the paranoia-strikes-again dept.

An anonymous reader writes "VeriSign Inc has stopped providing access to information about the .gov internet domain, which is restricted to US government bodies, over concerns the data could be used in planning internet attacks."

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  1. info on /whois by DarkHelmet · · Score: 5, Funny
    WhiteHouse.gov

    C/O George W. Bush
    1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
    Washington, DC.

    Yup, wouldn't want anyone to know where HE lives, do we?

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    /^[A-Z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Z0-9.-]+\.[A-Z]{2,4}$/i
  2. Even better ... by shri · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think they should restrict access to the .gov DNS records also. Would go a long way in making the .gov net a whole lot more secure. :)

  3. rfc-ignorant listing by Charles+Dodgeson · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wonder whether .gov will find itself listed in on rfc-ignorant for this.

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    Prime numbers are exactly what Alan Greenspan says they are -S. Minsky
  4. .ca is not a country. by BoomerSooner · · Score: 5, Funny

    You damn pot smoking Californians need to realize CA is not a country (as much as you wish it were).

    Just because you somehow tricked the powers that be into making a .ca domain YOU HAVEN'T WON YET. I'm looking forward to .TX for Texas to leave the Union (and take GW with them).