[ILUG] OT: Advice wanted regarding CP site

[Niall O Broin]

On 27 Oct 2006, at 14:40, Alvaro Gilabert wrote:

> So... I have found a CP site that is a subdomain of an existing  
> domain. The
> main domain (www.domain.com) has nothing to do with CP. It's a site  
> for
> novice writers so they can post their works.
>
> Making a whois of the domain returns me a company from Texas, USA.  
> As far as
> I know, it's hardly impossible that a subdomain exists without  
> knowledge of
> the owner of the domain (I know, they can hack the access to the  
> control
> panel for the domain but then you would notice that either your  
> password
> doesn't work or that a new subdomain exists) so I tend to believe  
> that the
> owner of that domain is somehow involved in the CP site.

Totally unreasonable belief, actually, and your'e right, it is hardly  
impossible. Indeed, it's very possible. Very many domain owners know  
hardly anything about DNS for their domains. Believe it or not, there  
are even domains in the world which exist without benefit of control  
panels.

> If I trace the subdomain down, it ends in Taipei, Taiwan (resolving to
> 211.22.xxx.xxx) while if I trace the main domain it ends in  
> Washington DC,
> USA (resolving to 66.36.xxx.xxx)
>
> Any idea how should I proceed?

You should probably proceed by asking on a CP mailing list, or a  
mailing list which has people who care about CP (Control Panel? Cut  
and Paste? Cabbage and Potatoes? Child Pornography? Colour  
Photography?) . In case you didn't notice, this is the mailing list  
of the Irish LINUX Users Group. Of course CP may be something of  
general interest to Irish Linux users, but how could we tell?


Niall