On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:45:34 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:39:56 -0700, Tim Smith wrote:
>
>> In article <h6htfa$ing$2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>> Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> After takin' a swig o' grog, Tim Smith belched out
>>> this bit o' wisdom:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I wonder if Manchester University knows that they are the registrant
>>>> of boycottnovell.com?
>>>>
>>>> $ whois boycottnovell.com
>>>> ...
>>>> Registrant:
>>>> Imaging Science
>>>> Manchester University
>>>> Oxford Road
>>>> Manchester, Lancashire m156px
>>>> United Kingdom
>>>
>>> You left out some stuff, Tim.
>>>
>>> $ whois boycottnovell.com
>>>
>>> Whois Server Version 2.0
>>>
>>> Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered
>>> with many different competing registrars. Go to
>>> http://www.internic.net for detailed information.
>>>
>>> Domain Name: BOYCOTTNOVELL.COM
>>> Registrar: GODADDY.COM, INC.
>>> Whois Server: whois.godaddy.com
>>> Referral URL: http://registrar.godaddy.com Name Server:
>>> NS1.COPILOTCO.COM
>>> Name Server: NS2.COPILOTCO.COM
>>>
>>> And you snipped what comes right after your quote:
>>>
>>> Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
>>> Domain Name: BOYCOTTNOVELL.COM
>>> Created on: 07-Nov-06
>>> Expires on: 07-Nov-10
>>> Last Updated on: 17-May-09
>>>
>>> Administrative Contact:
>>> Schestowitz, Roy r@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Imaging Science
>>> Manchester University
>>> Oxford Road
>>> Manchester, Lancashire m156px
>>> United Kingdom
>>> +44.08445442508 Fax --
>>>
>>> In other words, Roy registered through GoDaddy, but (properly) gave
>>> his contact information where he is currently situated (or so I
>>> believe).
>>
>> The "registrant" in whois is the organization or person that is listed
>> as owning the domain. The administrative and technical contacts are the
>> people who represent that organization or person in administrative an
>> technical matters, respectively, concerning the domain.
>>
>> For example, the registrant for mit.edu is MIT. The admin and technical
>> contacts are Jeffrey I. Schiller, at an MIT address. You don't think
>> mit.edu is Schiller's domain, do you?
>>
>> Basically, Roy has registered his domain in such a way that it looks
>> like it is a domain *owned* by the university, and operated for the
>> university by Roy. I'm curious why the university would allow that.
>
> They don't.
>
> It's being investigated as we speak.
>
> So is Roy Schestowitz using the university's network as his own personal
> ISP.
>
> Oh, and it's well past the IT department where Roy used to work and thus
> has friends who can squash this before it gets anywhere.
>
> A little bird emailed me that the proper people have been notified.
Sure it did.
--
Rick
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