Oh good. Pass that info around. It happened immediately. Scammers scrape the db for names with address and phone numbers. -gbk
On Wed, Jun 10, 2026, 12:18 AM Russell Senior <[email protected]> wrote: > "whois linux.portland.or.us" has no data. > > "whois portland.or.us" leads to the org that delegated linux to us. > > On 6/10/26 00:12, George wrote: > > 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] > >> > >
