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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. Talk about a non-news item... by jea6 · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you need whois data for a ".gov" domain, go to the General Services Administration.

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