On Thu, Oct 19, 2000 at 03:54:53PM -0400, Gerald Oskoboiny wrote:
>
http://it.fairfax.com.au/breaking/20001019/A61112-2000Oct19.html
> > A Chinese resident has taken the adobe.com domain name away from
> > imaging software company Adobe Systems.
>
> cf. webtechs.com snafu from last year:
>
http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/9903webtechs-snafu.html
>
> Nice to see it happen to a large company! This should make it
> into mainstream press soon. (though it's not clear to me yet
> who's at fault in this case)
Still hasn't shown up on news.com or wired.com... strange.
(adobe.com seems to be back in Adobe's control now.)
Meanwhile, microsoft.com has been hijacked, or something:
| devo: gerald> whois microsoft.com
|
| Whois Server Version 1.3
|
| Domain names in the .com, .net, and .org domains can now be registered
| with many different competing registrars. Go to
http://www.internic.net
| for detailed information.
|
| Server Name: MICROSOFT.COM.IS.SECRETLY.RUN.BY.ILLUMINATI.TERRORISTS.NET
| IP Address: 170.1.75.143
| Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC.
| Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com
| Referral URL: www.networksolutions.com
Doesn't seem like anything malicious has been done yet.
Actually, I don't even know what those 'Server Name' and 'IP Address'
entries are for. Most domains don't seem to have them.
Same for apple.com:
| devo: gerald> whois apple.com
|
| Whois Server Version 1.3
|
| Domain names in the .com, .net, and .org domains can now be registered
| with many different competing registrars. Go to
http://www.internic.net
| for detailed information.
|
| Server Name: APPLE.COM.IS.THE.CHOICE.OF.ALL.SELF.RESPECTING.TERRORISTS.NET
| IP Address: 170.1.75.144
| Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC.
| Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com
| Referral URL: www.networksolutions.com
And aol.com:
| devo: gerald> whois aol.com
|
| Whois Server Version 1.3
|
| Domain names in the .com, .net, and .org domains can now be registered
| with many different competing registrars. Go to
http://www.internic.net
| for detailed information.
|
| Server Name: AOL.COM.KCAUTOWEB.COM
| IP Address: 171.218.19.17
| Registrar: TUCOWS.COM, INC.
| Whois Server: whois.opensrs.net
| Referral URL: www.opensrs.org
|
| Server Name: AOL.COM.IS.REGULARLY.HAX0RED.BY.INSIDE-AOL.COM
| IP Address: 170.1.75.140
| Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC.
| Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com
| Referral URL: www.networksolutions.com
|
| Server Name: AOL.COM.EATMYSHIT.ORG
| IP Address: 207.207.198.11
| Registrar: TUCOWS.COM, INC.
| Whois Server: whois.opensrs.net
| Referral URL: www.opensrs.org
:
Looks like AOL has entries in a bunch of different registrars,
and only a few of them have been altered? (maybe it's just a
harmless addition to the registrar entry or something, and not
any kind of hijacking.)
| devo: gerald> whois terrorists.net
|
| Whois Server Version 1.3
|
| Domain names in the .com, .net, and .org domains can now be registered
| with many different competing registrars. Go to
http://www.internic.net
| for detailed information.
|
| Domain Name: TERRORISTS.NET
| Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC.
| Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com
| Referral URL: www.networksolutions.com
| Name Server: NS1.HYPERMART.NET
| Name Server: NS2.HYPERMART.NET
| Name Server: DARKLORD.DARKTHRONE.COM
| Updated Date: 12-aug-2000
|
| [...]
|
| Registrant:
| NEO (TERRORISTS8-DOM)
| Paul Ouderkirk 1904-1380 Prince of Wales
| Dr.
| Ottawa, Ontario K2C 3N5
| CA
|
| Domain Name: TERRORISTS.NET
Hmm... Ottawa, eh?
(not that they necessarily had anything to do with it)
--
Gerald Oskoboiny <
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http://impressive.net/people/gerald/