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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Hi Thomas, </div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">directhostingcenter.com:</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Registrant Organization: Internet and Computer Services, LLC (<a href="http://whois.icann.org/en/lookup?name=directhostingcenter.com" target="_parent">LINK WhoIs</a>)</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><pre><div id="name-container" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-li-template="name"><div class="editable-item" id="name" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="n fn" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="full-name" dir="auto">Tim Wood = </span></span>Owner - Internet and Computer Services, LLC <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pub/tim-wood/85/3a3/1ba" target="_parent">(LINK LinkedIn</a>)</div></div></pre>Also: <a href="http://mail.directhostingcenter.com/how-to-install-csf-and-lfd" target="_parent">LINK</a>, press WEBMASTER, mail address = <a href="mailto:timwood@timwood.net" target="_parent">timwood@timwood.net</a><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" data-signatureblock="true"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Perhaps this is the one you are looking for.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Best regards, Maarten</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></div></div><div style="padding-top: 5px; border-top-color: rgb(229, 229, 229); border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid;"><div><font face=" 'Calibri', 'Segoe UI', 'Meiryo', 'Microsoft YaHei UI', 'Microsoft JhengHei UI', 'Malgun Gothic', 'sans-serif'" style='line-height: 15pt; letter-spacing: 0.02em; font-family: "Calibri", "Segoe UI", "Meiryo", "Microsoft YaHei UI", "Microsoft JhengHei UI", "Malgun Gothic", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'><b>Van:</b> <a href="mailto:thomas@ruecker.fi" target="_parent">Thomas B. Rücker</a><br><b>Verzonden:</b> maandag 29 december 2014 14:27<br><b>Aan:</b> <a href="mailto:icecast@xiph.org" target="_parent">Icecast streaming server user discussions</a></font></div></div><div><br></div><div dir="">
<div class="PlainText">Hi everyone,<br>
<br>
as most of you probably know we are operating <a href="http://dir.xiph.org" target="_parent">http://dir.xiph.org</a> - an<br>
open streaming directory.<br>
There are always some misconfigured servers that keep trying to list<br>
something broken. Most common are those where the server admin thinks<br>
they can just put their homepage domain into the <hostname> field<br>
(pro-tip: don't do that, ever, use the proper hostname of that machine!<br>
Test the listenurl shown in admin!).<br>
<br>
But there are also serial offenders, like *hostingcenter.com and their<br>
many instances.<br>
In most cases I manage to eventually reach someone or if it's just a<br>
single instance, I blacklist it. Blacklisting actually has the positive<br>
effect, that their error.log will contain a sensible error message, if<br>
they bother to read it. Their listing was broken to begin with.<br>
The problem with stream-hosting outfits is, that quite often they will<br>
host a dozen or more servers on one IPv4 address and associated FQDN.<br>
This means, that if I can't reach such a company, I am forced to pull<br>
the plug on *ALL* their clients. I'm rather reluctant to do that, as it<br>
will hit innocent bystanders who's only fault it is to have bought<br>
services from an incompetent company.<br>
<br>
So once again, if anyone has hints as to which company is hiding behind<br>
the domains:<br>
serverhostingcenter.com<br>
directhostingcenter.com<br>
and more importantly knows a way to reach someone responsible.<br>
<br>
Just to be clear, I tried whois and mailed the address(es) there, I<br>
tried to reach some of the customers of theirs, etc. I'm not willing to<br>
invest more of my time into chasing them down anymore. Either I get a<br>
direct technical contact at that company, or next week their domains and<br>
IP ranges will be blacklisted from dir.xiph.org, collateral damage assumed.<br>
<br>
If for some reason you don't want to post to the mailing list, then<br>
*don't* press reply but send a mail to thomas@ruecker.fi instead.<br>
<br>
Cheers<br>
<br>
Thomas<br>
<br>
PS: If you have an Icecast server that's listing on dir.xiph.org, please<br>
make sure to put a working technical contact email address into the<br>
<admin> field. We're actually using that to reach out to people who<br>
manage to break their listings and such.<br>
<br>
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