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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. Re:Well by IIRCAFAIKIANAL · · Score: 5, Interesting

    What, you mean the US should do it like the rest of us?

    www.theregister.co.uk

    www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca

    But the USA is the Internet, right? That's why you have .gov, .com, and .net instead of .gov.us, .co.us, and .net.us

    It's always bugged me a bit, especially when companies in my country use .com instead of .ca - I always try .ca by default and many of them don't have the .ca even in use to point to the .com.

    I honestly don't know if there is even a TLD for the USA...

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