[funsec] "Wikileaks DDoS of Spamhaus: Political Activism at Its Dumbest" (circleid)

[Jeffrey Walton]

It would seem to me that Wikileaks would *not* want a US registrar....
 Does anyone have anything interesting on Dynadot? For whom is it a
front company? Why was the record changed on 17-Dec-2010?

$ whois wikileaks.org
NOTICE: Access to .ORG WHOIS information is provided to assist persons in
determining the contents of a domain name registration record in the
Public Interest Registry
registry database. ...

Domain ID:D130035267-LROR
Domain Name:WIKILEAKS.ORG
Created On:04-Oct-2006 05:54:19 UTC
Last Updated On:17-Dec-2010 01:57:59 UTC
Expiration Date:04-Oct-2018 05:54:19 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:Dynadot, LLC (R1266-LROR)
Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Registrant ID:CP-13000
Registrant Name:John Shipton c/o Dynadot Privacy
Registrant Street1:PO Box 701
Registrant Street2:
Registrant Street3:
Registrant City:San Mateo
Registrant State/Province:CA
Registrant Postal Code:94401
Registrant Country:US
Registrant Phone:+1.6505854708
Registrant Phone Ext.:
Registrant FAX:
Registrant FAX Ext.:
Registrant Email:privacy at dynadot.com
Admin ID:CP-13000
Admin Name:John Shipton c/o Dynadot Privacy
Admin Street1:PO Box 701
Admin Street2:
Admin Street3:
Admin City:San Mateo
Admin State/Province:CA
Admin Postal Code:94401
Admin Country:US
Admin Phone:+1.6505854708
Admin Phone Ext.:
Admin FAX:
Admin FAX Ext.:
Admin Email:privacy at dynadot.com
Tech ID:CP-13000
Tech Name:John Shipton c/o Dynadot Privacy
Tech Street1:PO Box 701
Tech Street2:
Tech Street3:
Tech City:San Mateo
Tech State/Province:CA
Tech Postal Code:94401
Tech Country:US
Tech Phone:+1.6505854708
Tech Phone Ext.:
Tech FAX:
Tech FAX Ext.:
Tech Email:privacy at dynadot.com
Name Server:NS100.DYNADOT.COM
Name Server:NS101.DYNADOT.COM
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On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 7:05 AM, Martin Wehlou <listbox at wehlou.com> wrote:
> On 19 Dec 2010, at 1:52, Paul Vixie wrote:
>
>> http://www.circleid.com/posts/20101218_wikileaks_ddos_of_spamhaus_political_activism_at_its_dumbest/
>
> More interesting is why wikileaks.org redirects to wikileaks.info, at least sometimes.
>