9 Oct
2004
9 Oct
'04
7:13 p.m.
OK, either my memory is failing or it's no longer as easy to identify
who owns a website. How can I go about figuring that out?
Zane
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9 Oct
9 Oct
7:30 p.m.
One way is:
http://www.netsol.com
Once there, click on the "whois database" link.
From there, enter the domain and it will tell you the
owner info.
Ashley
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctalk-bounces@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Zane H. Healy
Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 6:14 PM
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: [OT] IDing a website owner
OK, either my memory is failing or it's no longer as easy to identify
who owns a website. How can I go about figuring that out?
Zane
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| Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator |
| healyzh(a)aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast |
| | Classic Computer Collector |
+----------------------------------+----------------------------+
| Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, |
| PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. |
| http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |
7:33 p.m.
Not necessarily. The domain may be registered under the ISP, or under the
end user. In addition, as domains move around often the contact information
in the whois database isn't accurate any more.
Usually the best route is an email to webmaster(a)xxx.xxx or
postmaster(a)xxx.xxx or www(a)xxx.xxx
Jay
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From: "Ashley Carder" <wacarder(a)usit.net>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 5:30 PM
Subject: RE: [OT] IDing a website owner
One way is:
http://www.netsol.com
Once there, click on the "whois database" link.
From there, enter the domain and it will tell you
the owner info.
Ashley
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctalk-bounces@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Zane H. Healy
Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 6:14 PM
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: [OT] IDing a website owner
OK, either my memory is failing or it's no longer as easy to identify
who owns a website. How can I go about figuring that out?
Zane
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| Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator |
| healyzh(a)aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast |
| | Classic Computer Collector |
+----------------------------------+----------------------------+
| Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, |
| PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. |
| http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |
7:41 p.m.
One way is:
http://www.netsol.com
Once there, click on the "whois database" link.
Thanks, it was my memory at fault. I couldn't remember "whois".
Zane
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| Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator |
| healyzh(a)aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast |
| | Classic Computer Collector |
+----------------------------------+----------------------------+
| Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, |
| PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. |
| http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |
From there, enter the domain and it will tell you
the owner info.
Ashley 
10:50 p.m.
On Sat, 9 Oct 2004, Zane H. Healy wrote:
OK, either my memory is failing or it's no longer
as easy to identify who owns
a website. How can I go about figuring that out?
Well there's subtleties, but a combination of WHOIS and DIG
(or crap-ass nslookup).
The problem is 'virtual domains' --
eg. www.fsdfsfdsdfsdfsdfsdf.com is just some user page on
BIGPROVIDER.COM there's no unified way to tell, but you can
usually figure out who's hosting them.
If a host has a DNS "A" record, then it's a physical machine,
and whois will tell you something. If you don't have a .*n[u,i]x
OS there are websites that do whois and dns lookups.
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