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Re[4]: [ga] WHOIS policy primer
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Hello L.,
Tuesday, August 27, 2002, 11:44:28 PM, you wrote:
LG> So look up the SOA for the domain (dig) and use the Postmaster
LG> address to reach the domain owner if you need to converse with
LG> him/her. However, if the domain is being hosted by an ISP, that is
LG> where you need to make contact, not with the domain owner unless you
LG> want to purchase the domain.
Won't work, the address listed in the SOA is generally an
administrator for the DNS server, not the administrator for the
domain. I am specifically interested in contacting someone from the
organization, not the person managing the DNS server.
>>
>> Examples of times when I have needed to get in touch with a domain
>> owner:
>>
>> 1. Receiving virus infected e-mails from a user of a domain. Yes, I
>> can /dev/null the e-mails, but I want the account cleaned up -- the
>> ISP is not going to do that, the owner of the domain will.
LG> Not necessarily. The ISP needs to know about the infected machine.
LG> The domain name holder may have nothing to do with the virus at all
LG> unless it is his personal machine that is infected. The domain name
LG> has nothing to do with the virus infecting a machine.
Why would the ISP need to know about a virus infected machine? Once
again, if you really think that is the case, the next time you get a
virus, call your ISP's NOC and tell them. The domain has everything
to do with the virus, especially in the case of worm/virus hybrids
like Melissa and Klez. They don't mask the sender, but that mailbox
quickly becomes full -- it needs to be killed.
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Allan Liska
allan@allan.org
http://www.allan.org
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