Uh oh. .us does not allow for an anonymous whois identity listing. You'll find a sharp increase in scammer telephone calls to the number on the listing. I had to abandon my domain .us registration and assign the name, address and phone number to one in Reykjavík. The scammer calls stopped after about a week. -gbk
On Tue, Jun 9, 2026, 10:21 PM Russell Senior <[email protected]> wrote: > I mentioned this at the PLUG meeting last week, but I will mention it > here as well. > > Through a series of shenanigans, we have recently come into the > "possession" (or delegation, if you prefer) of the domain name: > linux.portland.or.us. > > DNS is configured, the letsencrypt certificate is configured, and the > website is configured to use either: > > pdxlinux.org > www.pdxlinux.org > linux.portland.or.us > www.linux.portland.or.us > > And, at least for me, it seems to work. This is intended for now, to be > a fun experiment. Email is not configured for the new domain yet. > > Let me know if you notice anything wonky. > > -- > Russell Senior > PLUG Volunteer > [email protected] >
