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From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.wvu.edu>, Wryting-L <WRYTING-L@listserv.wvu.edu>
Subject: "Stolen" Domain Name, a Masterful Tangle
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2018 22:56:10 -0500 (EST)
"Stolen" Domain Name, a Masterful Tangle http://www.alansondheim.org/freeze081.jpg http://www.alansondheim.org/freeze082.jpg I registered asondheim.org, only to find I lost the domain after never being notified I needed to renew it (admittedly my bad). It was immediately bought up by someone in Australia, who offered naturally to sell it back to me (the first I heard of the problem). I refused. Now it's Ukrainian (?), bought and sold and useless. This happened years ago. Who knows what evil lurks in the heart of asondheim.org? I don't. (Wild west domains indeed. The mystery shallows.) 5 whois asondheim.org Domain Name: ASONDHEIM.ORG Registry Domain ID: D90723418-LROR Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.godaddy.com Registrar URL: http://www.wildwestdomains.com Updated Date: 2017-11-10T01:20:56Z Creation Date: 2002-09-28T17:58:20Z Registry Expiry Date: 2018-09-28T17:59:31Z Registrar Registration Expiration Date: Registrar: Wild West Domains, LLC Registrar IANA ID: 440 Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse@wildwestdomains.com Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.4806242505 Reseller: Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited Domain Status: clientRenewProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientRenewProhibited Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited Registry Registrant ID: C199002696-LROR Registrant Name: Oleksandr Grytsai Registrant Organization: Registrant Street: Dorfstrasse 244a Registrant City: Trimmis Registrant State/Province: HM Registrant Postal Code: 7203 Registrant Country: UA Registrant Phone: +380.2559402812 Registrant Phone Ext: Registrant Fax: Registrant Fax Ext: Registrant Email: dotcom.laboratory@gmail.com Registry Admin ID: C199002698-LROR Admin Name: Oleksandr Grytsai Admin Organization: Admin Street: Dorfstrasse 244a Admin City: Trimmis Admin State/Province: HM Admin Postal Code: 7203 Admin Country: UA Admin Phone: +380.2559402812 Admin Phone Ext: Admin Fax: Admin Fax Ext: Admin Email: dotcom.laboratory@gmail.com Registry Tech ID: C199002697-LROR Tech Name: Oleksandr Grytsai Tech Organization: Tech Street: Dorfstrasse 244a Tech City: Trimmis Tech State/Province: HM Tech Postal Code: 7203 Tech Country: UA Tech Phone: +380.2559402812 Tech Phone Ext: Tech Fax: Tech Fax Ext: Tech Email: dotcom.laboratory@gmail.com Name Server: NS24.DOMAINCONTROL.COM Name Server: NS23.DOMAINCONTROL.COM DNSSEC: unsigned URL of the ICANN Whois Inaccuracy Complaint Form: https://www.icann.org/wicf/ >>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2018-01-05T20:05:50Z <<< For more information on Whois status codes, please visit https://icann.org/epp Access to Public Interest Registry WHOIS information is provided to assist persons in determining the contents of a domain name registration record in the Public Interest Registry registry database. The data in this record is provided by Public Interest Registry for informational purposes only, and Public Interest Registry does not guarantee its accuracy. This service is intended only for query-based access. You agree that you will use this data only for lawful purposes and that, under no circumstances will you use this data to: (a) allow, enable, or otherwise support the transmission by e-mail, telephone, or facsimile of mass unsolicited, commercial advertising or solicitations to entities other than the data recipient's own existing customers; or (b) enable high volume, automated, electronic processes that send queries or data to the systems of Registry Operator, a Registrar, or Afilias except as reasonably necessary to register domain names or modify existing registrations. All rights reserved. Public Interest Registry reserves the right to modify these terms at any time. By submitting this query, you agree to abide by this policy. === Then I found this: Posted 09 July 2005 - 03:22 PM Hi - I am trying to transfer www.asondheim.org over to you. I just received an email confirmation letter with the URL https://rr-n1-tor.op...ndex.cgi?away=1 - whoever they are, and this leads to something called Wild West Domains. Is this you? What's going on here? Is TCH affiliated with them? Is someone trying to hijack the domain name? Please answer quickly if you can - this is rather unnerving. After I enter the password this is what I get: A request has been received to transfer the domain asondheim.org away from the Registrar OpenSRS. This request was entered at 08-JUL-2005 07:06:56 by Wild West Domains, Inc. If this is a valid request and you wish to approve this transfer, please select the Approve box below, and then hit Submit. If you wish to decline this transfer, please select Decline below, and then Submit. -- The request was made to Tucows, which has held the domain. - Alan Edited by sondheim, 09 July 2005 - 03:24 PM. ===