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Re: NetSol web site suspension
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 07:54:58 -0700
________________________________________ From: Miles Fidelman [mfidelman () meetinghouse net] Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 10:45 AM To: David Farber Cc: ip Subject: Re: [IP] Re: NetSol web site suspension David Farber wrote:
From: Jonathan Zittrain [zittrain () law harvard edu] I can't tell whether NetSol is acting here in its capacity as a registrar, registry, or web hosting provider. It looks like the registrant is getting all three services from Network Solutions, and that the suspension, despite the "domain temporarily unavailable" message, may be of NetSol's hosting rather than of the domain name.
I think Jonathan is right about this. I did a little digging the following: 1. Starting with the whois record for www.fitnathemovie.com at netsol does not say anything about a suspension, it does say: Visit AboutUs.org for more information about FITNATHEMOVIE.COM: http://www.aboutus.org/FITNATHEMOVIE.COM It also shows an IP address of 205.178.145.65, which clicks through to ARIN which shows: *fitnathemovie.com* * 205.178.145.65* *Record Type:* IP Address InQuent Technologies Inc. INQUENT-2 (NET-205-178-128-0-1) 205.178.128.0 - 205.178.191.255 Network Solutions, LLC NSLLC01 (NET-205-178-145-0-1) 205.178.145.0 - 205.178.145.255 And if you click on the show registry data, you get: Domain Name: FITNATHEMOVIE.COM Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC. Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com Referral URL: http://www.networksolutions.com Name Server: NS35.WORLDNIC.COM Name Server: NS36.WORLDNIC.COM Status: clientTransferProhibited Updated Date: 26-feb-2008 Creation Date: 26-feb-2008 Expiration Date: 26-feb-2009 2. using the DNS stuff tools - whois takes you to NetSol - it shows the same nameservers - DNS lookup shows the same 205.178.145.65 <http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/whois.ch?ip=205.178.145.65> 3. The IP is registered to Inquent.com - when you go to www.inquent.com you're redirected to a resellers.networksolutions.com - reinforcing Jonathan's surmise that NetSol is providing hosting. 4. You go to 205.178.145.65 <http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/whois.ch?ip=205.178.145.65> and you get: an "under construction page" 5. What's interesting is that if you go to www.fitnathemovie, you get a page that says: This site has been suspended while Network Solutions is investigating whether the site's content is in violation of the Network Solutions Acceptable Use Policy. Network Solutions has received a number of complaints regarding this site that are under investigation. For more information about Network Solutions Acceptable Use Policy visit the following URL: http://www.networksolutions.com/legal/aup.jsp Sort of suggests that it's set up as a name-based virtual host on NetSols's page. So... sure looks like it's a suspension of the site, not of the DNS registry. Doesn't look like anything is stopping the folks from putting up a site elsewhere and creating an A record for it, either at NetSol or by designating other nameservers. 6. One little kicker, is that if you follow the link on NetSol's whois page: "Visit AboutUs.org for more information about FITNATHEMOVIE.COM: http://www.aboutus.org/FITNATHEMOVIE.COM" You get to a page that says: 23rd March English version release Network Solutions has censored fitna the movie's website. fitnathemovie.co.uk is an anti - Fitna The Movie site. http://www.fitnathemovie.co.uk where it says (remember, this is listed as an "anti-... page"): t should be fairly obvious by now that there is no "Fitna" movie. No movie to insult Islam or Muslims or anyone else for that matter. The month of April is upon us, we all know the month of April starts with the *1st April* and that day is famous for (practical) jokes. Whether true or not, it is an interesting example of how simply announcing something can lead to huge waves of protest (can you say "orange alert") Cheers, Miles "Visit AboutUs.org for more information about FITNATHEMOVIE.COM AboutUs: FITNATHEMOVIE.COM <http://www.aboutus.org/FITNATHEMOVIE.COM> - a quick perusal with the tools at DNSstuff.com yields two nameservers: |ns35.worldnic.com. ns36.worldnic.com. if I recall properly, these are the default nameservers at NetSol - if you host your DNS records and/or website at NetSol, I believe these are the nameservers that NetSol users - | ------------------------------------------- Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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