Is your name "Domain Administrator"?

[spikedo]

I was reviewing WhoIs data for a bunch of domains this afternoon and noticed something. In many cases for a domain, the owner listed "Domain Administrator" in the Registrant, Administrative, Billing, and Technical contact name fields. Is this to give more privacy? Is it legal?

 

[user-7256]

It is illegal if "Domain" is not your first name and "Administrator" is not your second name. They can, and SHOULD, IMO, if they knew about this, take the domain away.

 

[martialtiger]

How about the mailing address and phone number? Is it illegal to put in the wrong address and number? I've always wondered about this.

 

[RJ]

My name is not "Domain Administrator", but that is a title I use from time to time. It's not required that you use a personal name in WHOIS. Role titles or company names have been perfectly acceptable since the beginning.

Look no further than many of our industry leaders. It's rare will you see an individual's name listed. Check the whois for Versign.com, NetworkSolutions.com, ICANN.org, Register.com, or GoDaddy.com -- all have company name listed only. eNom.com uses a role title of "DNS Manager" for the name field of their WHOIS.

RJ

It is illegal if "Domain" is not your first name and "Administrator" is not your second name. They can, and SHOULD, IMO, if they knew about this, take the domain away.

psst...

 

[user-7256]

OH! :lol: K sorry. I was wrong. Thanks for clarifying, RJ!

EDIT: Microsoft registers their names with TUCOWS???

 

[Epic]

You'd think microsoft would be able to register it themselves..

 

[Momo]

How about the mailing address and phone number? Is it illegal to put in the wrong address and number? I've always wondered about this.

I was wondering about this too. And how would the authorities know if the address/phone number you put there was fake anyway?

 

[Epic]

I was wondering about this too. And how would the authorities know if the address/phone number you put there was fake anyway?

they could call you I guess...but its not likely that they would

 

[Dave_Z]

How about the mailing address and phone number? Is it illegal to put in the wrong address and number? I've always wondered about this.

If we're talking about a country's laws on such, I don't know of any.

If we're talking about ICANN's rules, then it is indeed "illegal" to put in a wrong
address and number. But that rule's necessary to ensure the registrant and/
or contacts can be notified of anything relevant towards the domain itself.

To reply to -RJ-'s post in a previous thread about this (sorry, -RJ-, it's just
that the thread was eons ago :D ), the important thing for companies is to
ensure their own legally existing corporate names are listed as the registrant
of their domain portfolios. Based on what I've observed, it seems registrars will
find titles or positions as listed admin/tech contacts ok if the registrant is an
organization.

It's up to the registrars if they insist on having a specific individual listed for
admin and tech contacts. But registrars' clients with large numbers of domain
registrations have more leverage in getting what they want, though not all
the time.

You'd think microsoft would be able to register it themselves..

Most likely Microsoft has a reseller account with Tucows or whoever they're
using. It's cheaper and may have less hassles being a reseller than a registrar.

 

[mole]

If you use your real name, people can ID theft you and social engineer to steal your domain. Hackers love those who put their big fat names on whois, imho.

 

[Mark]

My name is not "Domain Administrator", but that is a title I use from time to time. It's not required that you use a personal name in WHOIS. Role titles or company names have been perfectly acceptable since the beginning.

Look no further than many of our industry leaders. It's rare will you see an individual's name listed. Check the whois for Versign.com, NetworkSolutions.com, ICANN.org, Register.com, or GoDaddy.com -- all have company name listed only. eNom.com uses a role title of "DNS Manager" for the name field of their WHOIS.

RJ


psst...

:lol: Cool Example


What should we do to People who use "Whois Privacy" as their name .... Burn them at the stake ? - pffffft


I'm seriously thinking of changing my name legally to "None Ya Damn Business"

 

[mole]

I'm seriously thinking of changing my name legally to "None Ya Damn Monkey Business"

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