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Foiling the WHOIS registry

**Posted:** Tue Feb 10, 2004 3:35 pm

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vpisteve

Both godaddy.com and net-sol both offer 'anonymous domain registration' now. Godaddy is very cheap, and I heartily recommend them.

Also, with godaddy, (and most others, I think) you have a choice as to whether you'd like them to provide hosting or not. If not, they just put up a 'coming soon' page until you get your own hosting and change the DNS pointers.

**Posted:** Tue Feb 10, 2004 3:44 pm

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Simulacra

**Posted:** Tue Feb 10, 2004 3:51 pm

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The truth is out there, but it's keeping itself well hidden.

vpisteve

Yes, you can host anywhere you want and just have godaddy handle just the domain registration.

**Posted:** Tue Feb 10, 2004 4:04 pm

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Justin_Case · Veteran Joined: 05 Feb 2003 Posts: 76

Even network solutions has starting to provide protected whois info:
http://www.networksolutions.com/en_US/name-it/
(click on Private Registration)

Many other providers have followed suit.
The service essentially consists of two things :
1-They hide your personal info and substitute for their own (email, physical adress, tel number, etc)
2-They forward any mail/emails as well as calls to the adress/number of your choice (meaning you still must give out the info during the registration process)

Justin "visible" Case