Re: [apps-discuss] "finding registered domains"

"John R Levine" <johnl@taugh.com> Fri, 15 March 2013 20:24 UTC

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> * A X.509 CA receives a request to authenticate
> www.foobar.asso.fr. Should it send the confirmation email to the
> holder of asso.fr or to the holder of foobar.asso.fr?
>
> * www.foobar.asso.fr hosts a phishing site. Should we write to
> abuse@foobar.asso.fr or to abuse@asso.fr?

Those look to me basically the same as finding the highest name in the 
tree under the same management.  The next step of getting the contact 
info is WEIRDS' department.

Regards,
John Levine, johnl@taugh.com, Taughannock Networks, Trumansburg NY
"I dropped the toothpaste", said Tom, crestfallenly.

PS: That second scenario is why I run abuse.net.  It would be nice if I 
didn't have to any more.