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Detecting Anonymously Registered Domains

Posted by kdawson on from the may-i-tell-them-who-is-calling dept.

Spamresource.com has up a piece describing a new service that could be useful in evaluating the reputation of sites you deal with — anonwhois.org returns information on domains registered anonymously. It provides a DNSBL-style service that "is not a blacklist and wasn't meant to be used for outright rejection of mail." Only 619,000 domains are listed so far, but more are added as they are queried, so the database will grow more complete. Anonwhois.org seems to be a sister site to Spam Eating Monkey.

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  1. Re:Continued misuse of blacklists by sopssa · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Anecdotes are not data (and a mailbox works as a contact address).

    Maybe in the US. What do you suggest those in the other countries, which have dropped the usage of mailbox addresses, do? No, I'm not putting my home address on the internet, and no, I'm not registering a costly company (with all the tax filing and other things) just so I can register a domain for a hobby site.

    Everyone should also be able to be tell their opinion anonymously (interestingly you also posted as anonymous coward).

    I'm waiting for your insightful answer.