smoogatz
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Wed Jul-09-08 11:51 AM
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An internet-related research question for tech-savvy DUers |
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I'm working on a novel that involves a certain amount of internet-related skullduggery. My question for DU today is this: I believe there's a way to look up the name and contact info for owners of domain names. If I registered a website called smoogatz.com, say, pretty much any interested party with the know-how could find out who registered and paid for the site. Is that correct? If so, could someone walk me through the look-up process?
Thanks very much in advance to all who can help.
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf
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Wed Jul-09-08 11:54 AM
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1. It's very hard these days. |
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There are companies who will register a name for you but keep your name and contact registration "firewalled" and anonymous. A lot of sites of questionable provenance hide this way.
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Wed Jul-09-08 11:57 AM
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3. It's also a good idea for any DUers that run their own website |
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otherwise they may find some morally depraved right wingnut posting your personal information all over the web.
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Wed Jul-09-08 11:56 AM
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Wed Jul-09-08 12:08 PM
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4. Cool. How does it work? |
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I looked up a website (mine) and didn't get much info. Do you have to pay to get a report?
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Wed Jul-09-08 02:53 PM
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6. click on the link, type in the URL or IP address and click search |
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then read the page that opens up. It's pretty simple.
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smoogatz
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Wed Jul-09-08 02:56 PM
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7. I tried my website and nothing much came up. |
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IP address and location of the server, but that was about it. Is that because I went through godaddy? The proxy gets listed, but not the person who paid them?
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Nicole
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Wed Jul-09-08 12:13 PM
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5. This works for me, most of the time |
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http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/index.jspIt won't work if they registered with a proxy like mentioned above.. I have my website registered with godaddy.com because I don't want my personal info available to anyone who does a search.
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Wed Jul-09-08 02:57 PM
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Thanks. If you didn't use a proxy, what would you do--say you weren't that computer savvy and didn't know you could be looked up easily. How else do you get a domain, if not through a proxy?
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Nicole
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Wed Jul-09-08 11:01 PM
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9. My web host did it for me |
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Edited on Wed Jul-09-08 11:01 PM by Nicole
It was part of a package deal I bought.
I'm sure you can google for domain register services. The link I provided above is one of them.
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Thu Jul-10-08 09:59 AM
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