[Patriot_MP]

ICANN is saying this

Name: DOMINIONVOTINGSYSTEMS.COM Registry Domain ID: 2530599738_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited clientRenewProhibited clientTransferProhibited clientUpdateProhibited Nameservers: NS1.DNS.COM NS2.DNS.COMDates Registry Expiration: 2021-05-26 15:48:57 UTC Created: 2020-05-26 15:48:57 UTC

Registrant: Mailing Address: Hunan, China Technical: Mailing Address: Hunan, China Administrative: Mailing Address: Hunan, China Billing: Mailing Address: Hunan, China

Domain Name: dominionvotingsystems.com Registry Domain ID: 2530599738_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.godaddy.com Registrar URL: http://www.godaddy.com Updated Date: 2020-05-26T15:48:58Z Creation Date: 2020-05-26T15:48:57Z Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2021-05-26T15:48:57Z Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC Registrar IANA ID: 146 Registrar Abuse Contact Email: Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.4806242505 Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited Domain Status: clientRenewProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientRenewProhibited Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited http://www.icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited Registrant Organization: Registrant State/Province: Hunan Registrant Country: CN Registrant Email: Select Contact Domain Holder link at https://www.godaddy.com/whois/results.aspx?domain=dominionvotingsystems.com Admin Email: Select Contact Domain Holder link at https://www.godaddy.com/whois/results.aspx?domain=dominionvotingsystems.com Tech Email: Select Contact Domain Holder link at https://www.godaddy.com/whois/results.aspx?domain=dominionvotingsystems.com Name Server: NS1.DNS.COM Name Server: NS2.DNS.COM DNSSEC: unsigned URL of the ICANN WHOIS Data Problem Reporting System: http://wdprs.internic.net/

Source: whois.afrinic.netIP Address: 45.195.162.194 % This is the AfriNIC Whois server. % The AFRINIC whois database is subject to the following terms of Use. See https://afrinic.net/whois/terms % Note: this output has been filtered. % To receive output for a database update, use the "-B" flag. % Information related to '45.195.162.0 - 45.195.162.255' % No abuse contact registered for 45.195.162.0 - 45.195.162.255 inetnum: 45.195.162.0 - 45.195.162.255 netname: Digital_Core_Technology_Co_Limited descr: Digital Core Technology Co., Limited country: HK admin-c: CIS1-AFRINIC tech-c: CIS1-AFRINIC status: ASSIGNED PA mnt-by: CIL1-MNT source: AFRINIC # Filtered parent: 45.192.0.0 - 45.207.255.255 person: Cloud Innovation Support address: Ebene address: MU address: Mahe address: Seychelles phone: tel:+248-4-610-795 nic-hdl: CIS1-AFRINIC abuse-mailbox: abuse@cloudinnovation.org mnt-by: CIL1-MNT source: AFRINIC # Filtered https://www.whatismyip.com/ip-address-lookup/ 45.195.162.194 So - the domain was purchased by GoDaddy hosted out of China -- yes, NO BIG DEAL -- and the IP Addr does not resolve into an actual page that I can find on port 80 or 443... But are they hosting servers in China or elsewhere associated with this domain or is it just a registered name is where I was getting at - and should be looked into further... that's all I was saying...

[palmer]

and the IP Addr does not resolve into an actual page that I can find on port 80 or 443... But are they hosting servers in China or elsewhere associated with this domain or is it just a registered name is where I was getting at - and should be looked into further... that's all I was saying.

Yes, and we don't know the answer. But we do know that hosting a domain name that's very similar or exactly the same as a company name is done all the time (cybersquatting) and the general purpose is to extort money from the company by selling that domain name to them. A company lawyer could easily sue a domestic cybersquatter but not as easily one based in China.

The bottom line for me is there is no need for a domain name, makes no difference. If they are a business partner they can use their own name or a completely different name (e.g; "voting system consultants").