Scott Call wrote: The ethics and/or legality of registering nanog.us notwithstanding,

That's what we are talking about, I think. There is value in a name; for example, Neustar (nic.us) has reserved whitehouse.us (see whois below). I would not have been too worried about some jerk trying to pretend that he's the President of the United States because his email address is president@whitehouse.us (besides, whitehouse.com has provided us with enough Bill Clinton jokes). Most people know better. What is to be concerned about is some troll doing something like http://www.wiana.org/ (they hijacked 1.0.0.0/8) with nanog.us. Maybe we know better, but not everyone. Michel. DOMAIN whois information on WHITEHOUSE.US ] [Query Origin: Main Whois Query ] [whois.nic.us] Domain Name: WHITEHOUSE.US Domain ID: D665758-US Sponsoring Registrar: .US RESERVE Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited Domain Status: inactive Registrant ID: NEUSTAR Registrant Name: NEUSTAR Registrant Address1: Loudoun Tech Center Registrant Address2: 45980 Center Oak Plaza Registrant City: Sterling Registrant State/Province: VA Registrant Postal Code: 20166 Registrant Country: United States Registrant Country Code: US Registrant Phone Number: +1.5714345757 Registrant Facsimile Number: +1.5714345758 Registrant Email: support@neustar.us Registrant Application Purpose: P1 Registrant Nexus Category: C21 Administrative Contact ID: NEUSTAR Administrative Contact Name: NEUSTAR Administrative Contact Address1: Loudoun Tech Center Administrative Contact Address2: 45980 Center Oak Plaza Administrative Contact City: Sterling Administrative Contact State/Province: VA Administrative Contact Postal Code: 20166 Administrative Contact Country: United States Administrative Contact Country Code: US Administrative Contact Phone Number: +1.5714345757 Administrative Contact Facsimile Number: +1.5714345758 Administrative Contact Email: support@neustar.us Administrative Contact Application Purpose: P1 Administrative Contact Nexus Category: C21 Billing Contact ID: NEUSTAR Billing Contact Name: NEUSTAR Billing Contact Address1: Loudoun Tech Center Billing Contact Address2: 45980 Center Oak Plaza Billing Contact City: Sterling Billing Contact State/Province: VA Billing Contact Postal Code: 20166 Billing Contact Country: United States Billing Contact Country Code: US Billing Contact Phone Number: +1.5714345757 Billing Contact Facsimile Number: +1.5714345758 Billing Contact Email: support@neustar.us Billing Contact Application Purpose: P1 Billing Contact Nexus Category: C21 Technical Contact ID: NEUSTAR Technical Contact Name: NEUSTAR Technical Contact Address1: Loudoun Tech Center Technical Contact Address2: 45980 Center Oak Plaza Technical Contact City: Sterling Technical Contact State/Province: VA Technical Contact Postal Code: 20166 Technical Contact Country: United States Technical Contact Country Code: US Technical Contact Phone Number: +1.5714345757 Technical Contact Facsimile Number: +1.5714345758 Technical Contact Email: support@neustar.us Technical Contact Application Purpose: P1 Technical Contact Nexus Category: C21 Created by Registrar: .US RESERVE Last Updated by Registrar: .US RESERVE Domain Registration Date: Thu Apr 18 18:14:15 GMT 2002 Domain Expiration Date: Tue Apr 17 23:59:59 GMT 2007 Domain Last Updated Date: Thu Apr 18 18:14:22 GMT 2002

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