[Cialug] July Meeting: ComSec Strategies

[Matt Stanton]

Registered at dyn.com (the original dyndns company) using their secret registration option.  When I registered my first domain with them, I opted for secret registration.  They place the secret registration option prominently in the signup process, explaining how your address and other information will be visible to everyone, and I remember getting junk mail from people when I registered a domain back in the late 90s.  They charge an extra $10/yr for it, so it seems that anyone who is registering a domain for personal use would be fairly likely to opt in (except that their domain registration prices aren't the cheapest, so adding an extra $10/yr kinda hurts).

It's not "really" secret... it is registered in the name of a holding company of sorts and that company keeps your information so that important correspondence is able to be forwarded to you.  They just sort of stand in the middle and filter out the spam.  And hopefully not the offers to buy your domain for obscene amounts of money...

-- Matt (N0BOX)

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-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Yates <Scott at yatesframe.com>
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group <cialug at cialug.org>
Sent: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 7:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Cialug] July Meeting: ComSec Strategies

Interestingly, the images server is returning "502: Bad Gateway" now.  I
wonder if that might be a targeted attack looking for a specific IP.

whois also seems suspicious:

Registrant ID:DYNSREG109652
Registrant Name:Secret Registration Customer ID 109652 ompldr.org
Registrant Organization:Secret Registration



etc...



On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 10:46 AM, Tim Wilson <tim_linux at wilson-home.com>wrote:

> Huh, Avast is blocking malware at that site.  It blocked an image called
> sudoaptgetinstallmthrfckr.  It looks like it was an image under the
> "KeePass" entry.  I'd be careful with this site.
>
> On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 8:54 AM, Pete Trbovich <
> levitating_rock at linuxquestions.net> wrote:
>
> >
> > Relevant to the topic, just found this excellent blog-post / novel on
> > Crunchbang:
> >
> > The paranoid #! Security Guide
> > http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=24722
> >
> > There, this post alone can serve as the lecture template.
> >
> > /* obligatory Freemason / Illuminati joke */
> >
> > - Pete
> >
> >
> > --- jimgkraai at gmail.com wrote:
> >
> > From: jim kraai <jimgkraai at gmail.com>
> > To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group <cialug at cialug.org>
> > Subject: [Cialug] July Meeting: ComSec Strategies
> > Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 14:33:51 -0500
> >
> > in the spirit of the do-ocratic process (why would anyone in their right
> > mind allow me to do things like this?) ...
> >
> > Who:    Each and every fine member of the CIALUG
> > What:   Round Table Discussion: What can I do to mitigate surveillance?
> > Where: Party Room at Felix & Oscar's on MHR
> > Why:    Geeky goodness, great pizza, and maybe even a beer
> >
> > Cost:    Just your own food/drinks
> >
> > So, let's try to focus on personal and home-level strategies to keeping
> our
> > unintended online audience as small as is practical.
> >
> > Sgt. at Arms:  Be prepared to toss anyone who says, "If you're not doing
> > anything wrong, you have nothing to hide." or any variant thereof.
> >
> > Could someone get this on the vbeers calendar, please and thank you?
> >
> > --jim
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> Tim
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