Re: [sarex] ISS Fan Club Site

[Gregg Wonderly <w5ggw@xxxxxxx>]

Kevin M. Harrington wrote:
> Loads up just fine here.
> 
> 73
> -KB0LCR
> 
> 
> Glenn Graf wrote:
> 
>> Anybody know whats going on with www.issfanclub.com? Has their domain 
>> name been poached?

I see a "TopHost" hosting service branding on a spanish or related language 
page.  A quick review, as shown below reveals that there is are multiple, 
conflicting DNS records visible from the two DNS servers associated with the domain.

Gregg Wonderly
W5GGW

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[gregg~]$ whois www.issfanclub.com
[Querying whois.internic.net]
[whois.internic.net]

Whois Server Version 1.3

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.

No match for domain "WWW.ISSFANCLUB.COM".

 >>> Last update of whois database: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 02:45:19 EST <<<

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currently set to expire. This date does not necessarily reflect the expiration
date of the domain name registrant's agreement with the sponsoring
registrar.  Users may consult the sponsoring registrar's Whois database to
view the registrar's reported date of expiration for this registration.

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[gregg@skymaster ~]$
[gregg@skymaster ~]$ whois issfanclub.com
[Querying whois.internic.net]
[Redirected to whois.register.it]
[Querying whois.register.it]
[whois.register.it]

Register.it Spa - Whois Server Version 1.2

The Registry database contains ONLY .COM, .NET and .ORG domains.

      Domain name: ISSFANCLUB.COM
      Created on: 2001-03-18
      Updated on: 2006-03-06
      Expires on: 2007-03-18
      Registrant Name: ALAIN DE CAROLIS
      Contact: Alain De Carolis
      Registrant Address: Via Tevere 15
      Registrant City: Martinsicuro
      Registrant Postal Code: 64014
      Registrant Country: IT
      Administrative Contact Organization: Alain De Carolis
      Administrative Contact Name: Alain De Carolis
      Administrative Contact Address: Via Tevere 15
      Administrative Contact City: Martinsicuro
      Administrative Contact Postal Code: 64014
      Administrative Contact Country: IT
      Administrative Contact Email: alain@alain.it
      Administrative Contact Tel: +39 34 73126733
      Technical Contact Organization: Technical Support
      Technical Contact Name: Technical Support
      Technical Contact Address: Via A Ponti, 6
      Technical Contact City: Bergamo
      Technical Contact Postal Code: 24126
      Technical Contact Country: IT
      Technical Contact Email: support@register.it
      Technical Contact Phone: +39 035 3230400
      Technical Contact Fax: +39 035 3230312
      Primary Name Server Hostname: NS1.TH.SEEWEB.IT
      Secondary Name Server Hostname: NS2.TH.SEEWEB.IT


 >>> Last update of whois database: Tue Mar  7 18:03:34 2006 <<<

[gregg@~]$ dig @ns1.th.seeweb.it www.issfanclub.com

; <<>> DiG 9.2.4 <<>> @ns1.th.seeweb.it www.issfanclub.com
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 32426
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.issfanclub.com.            IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.issfanclub.com.     172800  IN      A       65.19.178.197

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
issfanclub.com.         172800  IN      NS      ns1.th.seeweb.it.
issfanclub.com.         172800  IN      NS      ns2.th.seeweb.it.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.th.seeweb.it.       172800  IN      A       217.64.201.170
ns2.th.seeweb.it.       172800  IN      A       217.64.202.202

;; Query time: 176 msec
;; SERVER: 217.64.201.170#53(ns1.th.seeweb.it)
;; WHEN: Tue Mar  7 15:45:35 2006
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 132

[gregg@~]$ dig @ns2.th.seeweb.it www.issfanclub.com

; <<>> DiG 9.2.4 <<>> @ns2.th.seeweb.it www.issfanclub.com
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 8525
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.issfanclub.com.            IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.issfanclub.com.     172800  IN      CNAME   w-02.th.seeweb.it.
w-02.th.seeweb.it.      172800  IN      A       217.64.195.220

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
th.seeweb.it.           172800  IN      NS      ns1.th.seeweb.it.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.th.seeweb.it.       172800  IN      A       217.64.201.170

;; Query time: 180 msec
;; SERVER: 217.64.202.202#53(ns2.th.seeweb.it)
;; WHEN: Tue Mar  7 15:45:38 2006
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 117


Gregg Wonderly
W5GGW
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