Friday 21 August 2009

NSW Nats caught namejacking in cyberspace. Labor not amused


ABC TV let the cat out of the bag last night and the NSW Nats are red faced and protesting that purchasing this domain name and setting it up with Melbourne Information Technologies Australia Pty Ltd was sooooo innocent - not namejacking the Premier at all, at all:

Whois Record

Domain Name: nathanrees.com.au
Registrar ID: Melbourne IT
Registrar Name: Melbourne I
Status: ok

Registrant: NATIONAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA - NSW
Registrant ID: ABN 40538388169
Eligibility Type: Registered Business

Registrant Contact ID: 0322O988805
Registrant Contact Name: NATIONAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA - NSW
Registrant Contact Email: Visit whois.ausregistry.com.au for Web based WhoIs

Tech Contact ID: 0323T988805
Tech Contact Name: Nathan Quigley
Tech Contact Email: Visit whois.ausregistry.com.au for Web based WhoIs

Name Server: rns1.melbourneit.com.au
Name Server IP: 203.27.227.123
Name Server: rns2.melbourneit.com.au
Name Server IP: 203.27.227.124

Update:

A Cameron Jackson of Rosebery, NSW has owned nathanrees.org since September 2008.
Ownership expires in September this year unless renewed.
The same person appears to own
nathanrees.net.au
While Privacy Protect hides registration details for nathanrees.com, nathanrees.net and nathanrees.info since September 2008 and is probably a domain name reseller.
It seems Nathan is a popular boy.

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