Re: ISP logs

On Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 09:25:18AM +1000, miriam clinton (iriXx) wrote:

> and type in the domain name, and it will show in the Whois records. i 
> believe it is now mandatory in the UK to have your address kept in the 
> Whois records - in the US, privacy laws make things slightly different. 

No, you can still opt out in the UK - check blacksun.org.uk, for example.
ISTR reading in the last week or so that at least one state in the US is
considering making it compulsory to make the information visible.

> if the individual does not own a domain name but you know the name of 
> their ISP, it is just as easy.

What, to get hold of the ISP logs? Not really.

> ISPs in the UK are more reluctant to /give out/ an individual's actual 
> ISP logs and address, unless you are the complainant yourself and are 
> making an allegation, via a solicitor. in this case i believe they would 

This is the part the original poster was actually asking about, if I read
his email correctly, not whether you could get contact details from a
domain. :-)

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Paul

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