thespiritbomber Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 I'm working on a website and every time I login to my account on domain.com, I'm prompted to buy confidential whois. Is it worth it? Are there any downsides to this besides paying for it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
int0x80 Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Are you ok with having that information published on the internet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thespiritbomber Posted May 13, 2012 Author Share Posted May 13, 2012 (edited) Are you ok with having that information published on the internet? Not really, but I head that if you choose to buy the confidential whois, whoever does your hosting technically owns your website. Do you know anything about that? Edited May 14, 2012 by tylerscoldrevenge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
int0x80 Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Never heard of that. Got any evidence or documentation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianzimm Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 (edited) When you have your info public you may get some physical junk mail. Other than that I went back to public listing to save me some money. Edited May 13, 2012 by brianzimm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thespiritbomber Posted May 14, 2012 Author Share Posted May 14, 2012 (edited) Never heard of that. Got any evidence or documentation? Nope, just something I heard and wanted to check with others to see if they've heard anything similar. Actually, I just checked the documentation when buying it and read this: "Domain.com, LLC does not have any ownership interest in your specific personal registration information outside of its rights in its Domain Database." Edited May 14, 2012 by tylerscoldrevenge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 If you have to pay extra for it, move to another host. Dreamhost offers private DNS for free as part of the domain name and most domain names are only $9.99/year. Thats for default .coms, org, net, etc. Exotic domain name TLD's however, cost bit more due to country fees. I never heard of a registrar charging for it though. Should be default on most registrars. By default you should be able to even change any aspect of your Whois info. Even GoDaddy (who I would not recommend to anyone) lets you manually edit your Who is info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
int0x80 Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 When you have your info public you may get some physical junk mail. Other than that I went back to public listing to save me some money. There's that. Also your affiliation with the client may (read: will probably) show up when someone pulls a credit report. IMO, my employer, landlord, bank, et al do not need to know with whom I do business. If you have to pay extra for it, move to another host. Dreamhost offers private DNS for free as part of the domain name and most domain names are only $9.99/year. Thats for default .coms, org, net, etc. Exotic domain name TLD's however, cost bit more due to country fees. I never heard of a registrar charging for it though. Should be default on most registrars. By default you should be able to even change any aspect of your Whois info. Even GoDaddy (who I would not recommend to anyone) lets you manually edit your Who is info. Another fun aspect of GoDaddy is that GoDaddy will fine you if someone complains about your fake/inaccurate whois info. My current registrar is Gandi.net and they have been great; whois privacy is included wrt this thread. I left GoDaddy in a SOPA-induced rage and haven't looked back. Of particular endearment to me was Gandi's No BS policy: https://www.gandi.net/no-bullshit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thespiritbomber Posted May 14, 2012 Author Share Posted May 14, 2012 Too bad I just paid for a year for a domain and hosting on domain.com. I'd switch but it's too troublesome and I just paid like two weeks ago. It's a good suggestion for me to switch but I think I'll stay with domain.com for at least a year and pay my $9 for private whois info. I guess $9 is worth saving the trouble of switching over... There's that. Also your affiliation with the client may (read: will probably) show up when someone pulls a credit report. IMO, my employer, landlord, bank, et al do not need to know with whom I do business. Hmm, that's a good point about credit reports. Another fun aspect of GoDaddy is that GoDaddy will fine you if someone complains about your fake/inaccurate whois info.My current registrar is Gandi.net and they have been great; whois privacy is included wrt this thread. I left GoDaddy in a SOPA-induced rage and haven't looked back. Of particular endearment to me was Gandi's No BS policy: https://www.gandi.net/no-bullshit Are you also using Gandi.net for hosting? I too left GoDaddy because of SOPA and went over to domain.com since Hak5 promotes it. I've noticed that you're website is super fast, as is Gandi.net, compared to other websites where I live. However, my website and domain.com loads rather slowly in my part of the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
int0x80 Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Are you also using Gandi.net for hosting? I too left GoDaddy because of SOPA and went over to domain.com since Hak5 promotes it. I've noticed that you're website is super fast, as is Gandi.net, compared to other websites where I live. However, my website and domain.com loads rather slowly in my part of the world. Nice, and thanks! My hosting is on a server I colo. Just the DNS and SSL certs are through Gandi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thespiritbomber Posted May 16, 2012 Author Share Posted May 16, 2012 Nice, and thanks! My hosting is on a server I colo. Just the DNS and SSL certs are through Gandi. Got it. It's nice to go to a website and not have to wait ages for it to load here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
int0x80 Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 I'm surprised there is internet run to Paper St. You're alone for half a mile in every direction, and you have to shut off the power when it rains ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thespiritbomber Posted May 16, 2012 Author Share Posted May 16, 2012 I'm surprised there is internet run to Paper St. You're alone for half a mile in every direction, and you have to shut off the power when it rains ;) Hahaha, I'm glad someone knows about my location. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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