CLOSED DOWN DUE TO LACK OF SLEEP CAUSING PARANOIA

[Bozos for Bush]

Many of you have already seen this thread that discusses posted vote totals in Ohio:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1266264

Someone on the thread posted domain info about the site - it is owned by a company named Neustar. I have been researching Neustar for the last hour, wondering who they were, and came across this scary article:

http://icbtollfree.com/txt/article_7802.html

And now, I can't help but wonder why is a company like Neustar posting vote totals for Ohio?

I appreciate some advice on this - is there something here we should be investigating ASAP?

John

[DuctapeFatwa]

1. www.theyrule.net

[indigo]

2. No worries

Read this part of the article re *.us:

"Neustar also snagged two contracts last year to dole out and manage Internet domain names under the new headings of dot-biz and dot-us, collecting $6 per address. Neustar has tallied a million new addresses so far."

[Bozos for Bush]

5. Neustar has every single American's phone number

Scary thought.

Why would a company that manages a database with every single American's phone number post vote totals for an election before it happens?

It's late, I'm tired, and I'm puzzled.

[indigo]

3. a bit more info to clarify

If you look at the WHOIS information in the other thread, you'll see that Neustar is the registrar.

[Bozos for Bush]

4. It shows them as the REGISTRANT

Doesn't that mean they run it?

[shraby]

6. On DU a week or so ago there was

the same kind of outcome of the election posted on the Green Bay site. Maybe someone has it and will put it up tomorrow.

[high density]

9. Neustar runs the .US registry

State.Oh.US is owned by the State of Ohio, clearly: http://www.state.oh.us

[indigo]

12. Fair enough,

to question registrar vs registrant.

They administer the .us TLD (top level domain, like .com) as well as the second-level domain oh.us. Somebody's gotta do it! The nitty-gritty is here:

http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/usca/cafiles/neuindex.htm

The WHOIS info on the other page refers to the second-level domain.

The state of Ohio manages everything underneath oh.us, i.e., the next level down:

OrgName: State of Ohio Network
OrgID: STOH
Address: 1320 Arthur E. Adams Drive
City: Columbus
StateProv: OH
PostalCode: 43221
Country: US

NetRange: 156.63.0.0 - 156.63.255.255
CIDR: 156.63.0.0/16
NetName: STATE-OHIO
NetHandle: NET-156-63-0-0-1
Parent: NET-156-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Allocation
NameServer: NS1.STATE.OH.US
NameServer: NS3.STATE.OH.US
NameServer: NS4.STATE.OH.US
Comment:
RegDate: 2000-11-09
Updated: 2001-10-05

TechHandle: DC4235-ARIN
TechName: Chu, Dennis
TechPhone: [phone]
TechEmail: [e-mail]

OrgAbuseHandle: NOC107-ARIN
OrgAbuseName: Network Operation Center
OrgAbusePhone: [phone]
OrgAbuseEmail: [e-mail]

OrgNOCHandle: NOC106-ARIN
OrgNOCName: Network Operation Center
OrgNOCPhone: [phone]
OrgNOCEmail: [e-mail]

OrgTechHandle: NOC105-ARIN
OrgTechName: Network Operation Center
OrgTechPhone: [phone]
OrgTechEmail: [e-mail]

[Bozos for Bush]

14. OK thanks, and I really need some sleep to get rid of this paranoia

Night all :crazy: :dunce:

[high density]

7. It was a test page

Nothing to worry about IMHO.

[Bozos for Bush]

8. Did you bother to look at the article that I posted a link to?

Damn I'm tired, need sleep.

[indigo]

13. agree

[AnIndependentTexan]

10. freepers are also trying to figure it out

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1265888/posts?q=1&&page=1

[eriffle]

11. i thought i smelled something burning

:nuke: