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webtechs.com domain snafu

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dan Connolly)
Mon Apr 5 01:07:11 1999

Date: Mon, 5 Apr 1999 00:36:53 -0400 (EDT)
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From: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>
To: www-talk@w3.org
Cc: markg@activerse.com
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Several people have written to me:

> >From http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/html-test/ :: "The HTML Validation Service
> and Toolkit by webtechs allows you to check that your documents..."
> 
> The link to valsvc.webtechs.com gives a 404 but what is more "serious"
> is that those of us who used a logo validator linking to webtechs have
> discovered that http://www.webtechs.com/html-val-svc/ now connects one
> to a porn site!
> 
> I was wondering if you knew that and if you knew how it happened??

so I've updated the page:

/////////
http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/html-test/
    NOTE 18 Mar 1999: Network Solutions transferred ownership of
    the webtechs.com from Mark Gaither and me without our consent.
    Mark has notified Network Solutions of a clerical error in their
    paperwork. Resolution is pending. 

    Registrant:
    VIRTUAL DOMAIN BUYERS - webtechs.com (WEBTECHS3-DOM)
       VIBORGVEJ 13, 1
       DK-7800 SKIVE, NA NA
       DENMARK

       Domain Name: WEBTECHS.COM

       Administrative Contact, Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
          Christensen Chabert, Tom Frank  (TFC14)  webmaster@JADER.COM
          +45 97512839 (FAX) +45 96140000
       Billing Contact:
          Christensen Chabert, Tom Frank  (TFC14)  webmaster@JADER.COM
          +45 97512839 (FAX) +45 96140000

       Record last updated on 18-Mar-99.
       Record created on 18-Mar-99.
       Database last updated on 3-Apr-99 21:42:11 EDT.

       Domain servers in listed order:

       NS1.SUPERB.NET               207.86.199.3
       NS2.SUPERB.NET               151.196.207.3
\\\\\\\\

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Dan Connolly
http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/


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