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Title: Why does bitstamp hide its whois? Post by: CoinXZ on November 23, 2013, 01:35:50 AM Many people seem to like bitstamp.net and it is said to be reputable.
Because of this I wanted to take a look at it. But if you do a whois request for the domain name "bitstamp.net", you get the result: Registrant Name: Contact Privacy Inc. Customer 0128129599 Registrant Organization: Contact Privacy Inc. Customer 0128129599 Registrant Street: 96 Mowat Ave Registrant City: Toronto Registrant State/Province: ON Registrant Postal Code: M6K 3M1 Registrant Country: CA Registrant Phone: +1.4165385457 Registrant Phone Ext: Registrant Fax: Registrant Fax Ext: Registrant Email: bitstamp.net@contactprivacy.com So they use a whois-protection service. I ask myself: Why? On the one hand, this makes a company looking dubious. Furthermore, they have no reason to do that. In their imprint they mention the full name and address of the company. And the directors are already known. Title: Re: Why does bitstamp hide its whois? Post by: Flipke on November 23, 2013, 10:00:25 AM Maybe it has something to do with the site being protected by incapsula ?
Quote Server Type: Apache IP Address: 199.83.131.187 Reverse-IP | Ping | DNS Lookup | Traceroute Whois Server: whois.tucows.com ASN: AS19551 INCAPSULA Incapsula.com (registered Jan 12, 2011) IP Location: - California - San Francisco - Incapsula Inc Response Code: 200 Domain Status: Registered And Active Website Title: Re: Why does bitstamp hide its whois? Post by: CoinXZ on November 23, 2013, 01:59:39 PM I do not think so.
For the DDoS protection of incapsula it should be sufficient to change the DNS to theirs. But their is no reason why bitstamp should disguise their whois entry ??? |