Re: [PLUG] Here is something a little Strange

[gabriel rosenkoetter <gr@eclipsed.net>]

On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 10:48:50PM -0500, Steven M Cherry wrote:
> Non-authoritative answer:
> www.linuxhome.org       canonical name = microsoft.com.
> Name:   microsoft.com
> Address: 207.46.197.101
> Name:   microsoft.com
> Address: 207.46.197.102
> Name:   microsoft.com
> Address: 207.46.230.218
> Name:   microsoft.com
> Address: 207.46.230.219
> Name:   microsoft.com
> Address: 207.46.197.100
> 
> That's pretty sinister.

Why? Because someone chose to point their www CNAME at microsoft.com?
Nothing wrong about that, and it certainly doesn't suggest that
Microsoft has any control over these folks:

grappa:~% whois -h whois.geektools.com linuxhome.org
Query:     linuxhome.org
Registry:  whois.networksolutions.com
Results:



Registrant:
Linux Newbies (LINUXHOME3-DOM)
   Nybylavegur 46
   Kopavogur, IS 200
   IS

   Domain Name: LINUXHOME.ORG

   Administrative Contact, Technical Contact, Billing Contact:
      Kristjansson, Gudmundur Mar  (GMK38)  ram@SIMNET.IS
      Linux Newbies
      Nybylavegur 46
      Kopavogur
      200
      IS
      55473973

   Record last updated on 22-Oct-2001.
   Record expires on 13-Apr-2003.
   Record created on 13-Apr-1999.
   Database last updated on 7-Nov-2001 16:57:00 EST.

   Domain servers in listed order:

   NS1.LINUXHOME.ORG            212.30.210.163
   NS1.BNS-CODE.ORG             212.30.214.244


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What's the big deal? Just seems like some Icelander's idea of a
joke to me...

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