Trace it down from the web name (www.foobar.com) and find where the IP leads you. Maybe at his house or some datacenter.
If they're all simple HTML pages, you could just spider the content and make DNS changes. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 3:31 PM, Chris Gotstein <ch...@uplogon.com> wrote: > Start by doing a whois for each domain to see if the domain is actually > in the customers name or the guy who setup the site. Finding the > hosting site can be difficult, but you might be able to tell from the > nameserver data on the whois, or reverse lookup the IP of the domain and > do an ARIN whois on the IP address, should tell you who owns the IP block. > > Once you have all that info, you should be able to contact both the > registrar and web host to get access to the accounts. More than likely > it will take some manual verification via mail or fax. Good luck. > > On 11/2/2011 2:27 PM, Steve Barnes wrote: >> I know this is not a WISP issue per se. In our local area there was a >> network admin for a large company who on the side setup about a hundred >> websites for local small business and individuals. Last month he took his >> wife's life and then killed himself. No other family left and no one to >> handle his affairs. His Clients are coming to me and asking how do I get >> control of my website. They had no agreements and no proof of ownership >> other than the dead mans handshake. >> >> What steps can be taken to recover these sites? >> What is the best way to research and find where they are hosted, not just >> the registrar? >> >> >> Steve Barnes >> General Manager >> PCS-WIN / RC-WiFi >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > -- > ---- ---- ---- ---- > Chris Gotstein, Network Engineer, U.P. Logon/Computer Connection U.P. > http://uplogon.com | +1 906 774 4847 | ch...@uplogon.com > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
