Why would Joe buy his internet bandwidth from an untraceable no-name?

[mhatrw]

The entire ISP that manages Joes' website is currently down See: http://www.myhostcamp.com

Here is the ISP's old website, courtesy of the Wayback Machine: http://web.archive.org/web/20050212024037/http://myhostcamp.com/

Do you think Joe had the $6.95, 10.95 or 14.95 plan?

More importantly, look who this site is registered to:

http://who.godaddy.com/whois.aspx?domain=MYHOSTCAMP.COM&prog_id=godaddy

Registrant:
Domains by Proxy, Inc.

DomainsByProxy.com
15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
United States

Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: MYHOSTCAMP.COM
Created on: 07-Apr-03
Expires on: 07-Apr-07
Last Updated on: 28-Mar-05

Administrative Contact:
Private, Registration [e-mail]
Domains by Proxy, Inc.
DomainsByProxy.com
15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
United States
[phone] Fax -- [phone]

Technical Contact:
Private, Registration [e-mail]
Domains by Proxy, Inc.
DomainsByProxy.com
15111 N. Hayden Rd., Ste 160, PMB 353
Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
United States
[phone] Fax -- [phone]

And who is DomainsByProxy, anyway?

http://www.domainsbyproxy.com/LegalAgreement.aspx

[rodeodance]

1. so other peoples sites are down also? not just joes?

[mhatrw]

7. The ISP's own website is down!

[CTD]

2. Actually, the Domains By Proxy thing doesn't mean anything

I have a website registered through GoDaddy myself. When you register, you can pay extra to have your name and contact information NOT listed. Their subsidiary that does this is Domains By Proxy.

If you happened to register the domain name for a controversial candidate, would you want your real name, address and phone number out there?

I see no issue here.

Now the cheapo web hosting is another matter.

[mhatrw]

8. Note that it's not Joe's sight that's registered by proxy.

It's Joe's ISP's site.

[mhatrw]

10. Dupe. n/t

[TechBear_Seattle]

3. DomainsByProxy

It used to be that the registered holder of a domain was public information. Recently, ICANN changed the regulations to allow for a proxy domain holder, ie the domain registration would show a third party (such as DomainsByProxy) even though the domain was actually registered to someone else.

Sadly, it became necessary when domain holders started getting harassed, intimidated, even threatened with bodily harm and death, all because of the content of their websites. Think of Operation Rescue and websites owned by women's health centers, and you begin to get the idea of the problem.

That the political campaign of an incumbent would use a proxy registrar just boggles the imagination. What is the reason?

[Guy Fawkes]

4. Because he probably has nothing at all to do with the website...

and it was most likely done by some intern who was assigned the job of finding someplace cheap to put up a site?

[MannyGoldstein]

5. DOMAINSBYPROXY is a Privacy Measure

I believe that domainsbyproxy is an outfit that "holds" your domain name for you so that nobody knows who the real owner is, and so that your email address (required for domain registration) is not made public.

I probably wouldn't host my Senate campaign's site at myhostcamp.com - but it should be said that the "big" hosting outfits also screw up a lot.

[mhatrw]

6. Consider that myhostcamp.com's entire ISP has been compromised!

It's all down. Not just Joe's site; it's the whole damn ISP.

What does that tell you about their security?

[blogslut]

9. i will look up the thread and give props in a minute

MyhostCamp is likely down because they exceeded the bandwidth limit on thier teeny re-seller server.

As for the proxy thing - yes it's a privacy protection service. However, I would never, ever pay for hosting from a second-tier company that hides their WHOIS behind a privacy service.

UPDATE: Credit goes to DU moderator Wickerman. Wickerman discovered Lieberman's host. Post number 11 in this thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1849083#1849216

[mhatrw]

12. Exactly. Who would want to deal with an ISP reseller who hides

its own identity?

Note that none of the ISP's website links in google's cache lead to any names, addresses or phone number, either:

http://www.google.com/search?q=+site:www.myhostcamp.com+myhostcamp&hl=en&lr=&filter=0

[MrCoffee]

11. Saving Money for the Indy Run!

[LiviaOlivia]

13. From Wonkette

http://www.wonkette.com/politics/top/lieberman-campaigns-website-woes-own-damn-fault-192917.php

Why the hell is Joe Lieberman’s campaign site hosted by these people (site down — probably not because of dirty deeds, by the way) under the cheapest plan available? And why do Lieberman’s FEC filings say he’s paying $1500 to a different company for web hosting? No, we seriously want to know. These aren’t rhetorical questions.


http://cache.wonkette.com.nyud.net:8090/assets/resources/2006/08/joehosting02.jpg

~snip~

[blogslut]

14. great post!

yougo!

[Richard Steele]

15. Now THAT needs it's own thread! Falsifying that report is a CRIME!

[mhatrw]

16. 2dogdmedia.com is Kerry Szeps, CT Young Democrats co-President

2dogmedia.com

Registrant:
Thingz We Like
Kerry Szeps
260 France Street
Rocky Hill, CT 06067
US
Email: [e-mail]

Registrar Name....: REGISTER.COM, INC.
Registrar Whois...: whois.register.com
Registrar Homepage: www.register.com

Domain Name: 2dogmedia.com

Created on..............: Thu, Feb 08, 2001
Expires on..............: Thu, Feb 08, 2007
Record last updated on..: Mon, Feb 13, 2006

Administrative Contact:
Thingz We Like
Kerry Szeps
260 France Street
Rocky Hill, CT 06067
US
Phone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22Kerry+Szeps%22&btnG=Search

http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:DZiqgbmYmx0J:platform.smartcampaigns.com/index.php%3Fq%3Dnode/view/199+%22Kerry+Szeps%22&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=2

Kerry Szeps
Rocky Hill, CT

Kerry Szeps, a 26-year old who will be attending her first Convention, currently holds the position of co-President of Connecticut’s Young Democrats. Szeps is self-employed as a web/graphic designer and is particularly focused on getting youth involved and plugged into politics and the Democratic Party. Through her diligence, the number of town committees with websites grew from five to one hundred over the last year.