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05-11-2011, 10:24 PM #1New Member
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How are domain seizures done exactly?
Hi.
I'm reading stories about domains being seized and showing a web page by the Department of Justice, Homeland Security, and for some reason, ICE (isn't that immigration?).
Out of curiosity, how are domain seizures done exactly? None of the articles that I've come across give the specifics.
Do these agencies contact your register and they have them point your DNS to their servers, and block your registrar login access?
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05-11-2011, 10:32 PM #2
Yes, the registrar give access to domain to the agency and you loss the domain from your account.
I've few client who got their domain disabled/seized all them was registered with godaddy.com and client itself never got contacted by those agency.█ • UnderHost.com • Offshore Hosting Solutions and USA/Canadian based servers.
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05-12-2011, 01:42 AM #3Disabled
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05-12-2011, 02:27 AM #4Web Hosting Master
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05-12-2011, 05:11 AM #5Junior Guru Wannabe
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In some cases Homeland Security or the FBI bypass the Registrars and go directly to the Registry (in recent cases Verisign).
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05-12-2011, 07:49 AM #6Disabled
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Thanks "raindog308" for your suggestion.
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05-12-2011, 08:23 AM #7Web Hosting Master
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What happens if your registrar is outside the United States?
.us is the only domain that us authorities can rightfully claim jurisdiction over.I could tell you a joke about UDP. But I'm not sure you would get it!
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05-12-2011, 11:15 AM #8Web Hosting Master
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Depends. If the domain extension is one that's supported by a U.S.-based entity, then that entity is obviously subject to U.S. laws.
As some mentioned, anyone (even the U.S. government) can secure a court order in, say, California or Virginia and serve it on VeriSign. VeriSign's HQ is in CA, while their managing the .com Registry is in VA.
If someone filed suit in Arizona and tries to serve it on, say, Fabulous that's based in the land down under, it's up to Fabulous if they want to comply with that order or not. But...they don't really have to because it's not within their jurisdiction.
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05-12-2011, 06:29 PM #10Web Hosting Master
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I'm wondering how
wikileaks.org
wikileaks.info
and thepiratebay.org have avoided being seized to date.I could tell you a joke about UDP. But I'm not sure you would get it!
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