Re: .edu.com domain

[Gary Flynn <flynngn () JMU EDU>]

O'Callaghan, Daniel wrote:

> I haven't seen this posted in the group, and it may not be technically a
> security issue, but my legal counsel has brought this to me, yours may
> do the same.

FYI,

There is a long thread on this issue on the unisog listserv with
subject "Problems with EDU.COM domain".

http://www.dshield.org/pipermail/unisog/2006-March/subject.html



> Vantage Media Co., Inc. has registered the domain 'edu.com'.
> When the URL of a College/University is entered with .edu.com
> (sinclair.edu.com), A page is rendered that appears to provide
> information about the school (dynamic html using www harvested info?)
> and offers a form to 'Request more information from the Admissions
> Department of Sinclair Community College.'  I do not know if they
> actually forward the information, it appears the primary purpose is to
> harvest information for marketing.  The site also renders for
> non-existing entities (i.e. anything.edu.com) and generates a page with
> links to online schools, some of which have been suspected of being
> diploma mills.
>
> Supposedly, if an 'official request' email is sent to
> 'changes () vantagemedia com' the company will remove the data that
> generates the school's content.  I haven't verified this as yet.
>
> Registrant:
>    Vantage Media Corporation
>
>    Registered through: GoDaddy.com
>    Domain Name: EDU.COM
>
>    Domain servers in listed order:
>       PDNS1.ULTRADNS.NET
>       PDNS2.ULTRADNS.NET
>       PDNS3.ULTRADNS.ORG
>       PDNS4.ULTRADNS.ORG
>       PDNS5.ULTRADNS.INFO
>       PDNS6.ULTRADNS.CO.UK
>
>
>    For complete domain details go to:
>    http://who.godaddy.com/whoischeck.aspx
>
>
> ________________________________________________
> Daniel V. O'Callaghan, Jr., MBA, CISSP
> Chief Information Security Officer
> Sinclair Community College
> 444 West Third Street, 14-324
> Dayton, Ohio 45402-1460
> 937-512-2452
> daniel.ocallaghan () sinclair edu


--
Gary Flynn
Security Engineer
James Madison University
www.jmu.edu/computing/security

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