> Can anyone do the necessary dig/nslookup to see who really > is behind this site: "http://www.bigbluesmoke.com";.
Here's the whois data. Given that all the name servers are corporate assets owned by Sun, I would suspect that the owner is a Sun employee. Whois Server Version 1.3 Domain names in the .com, .net, and .org domains can now be registered with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net for detailed information. Domain Name: BIGBLUESMOKE.COM Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC. Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com Referral URL: http://www.networksolutions.com Name Server: NS-OS.SUN.COM Name Server: NS.SUN.COM Name Server: NS.USEC.SUN.COM Name Server: NS-BRM.SUN.COM Name Server: NS1.EU.SUN.COM Name Server: NS1.PR.SUN.COM Updated Date: 05-nov-2001 >>> Last update of whois database: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 05:21:38 EST <<< The Registry database contains ONLY .COM, .NET, .ORG, .EDU domains and Registrars. And a search of whois.networksolutions.com gives: Registrant: Sun Microsystems, Inc. (BIGBLUESMOKE2-DOM) 901 San Antonio Road Palo Alto, CA 94303 US Domain Name: BIGBLUESMOKE.COM Administrative Contact, Technical Contact: Hostmaster (HO10519-OR) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Microsystems, Inc 901 San Antonio Road Palo Alto, CA 94303 US +1 303-272-7000 Fax- +1 650 336 6623 Billing Contact: SunAdmin (SU1597-ORG) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, 311 S. Wacker Dr Suite 5000 Chicago, IL 60606 US +1 312 554 7961 Fax- +1 312 554 8015 Record last updated on 26-Oct-2001. Record expires on 24-Apr-2002. Record created on 24-Apr-2001. Database last updated on 15-Mar-2002 03:45:00 EST. Domain servers in listed order: NS.SUN.COM 192.9.9.3 NS-BRM.SUN.COM 192.18.99.5 NS-OS.SUN.COM 192.9.9.6 NS.USEC.SUN.COM 192.9.48.3 NS1.EU.SUN.COM 192.18.240.8 Yup, owned by Sun.... -- db
