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GCIH Question #524: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

The correct answer is A: His contact information was linked to the new domain in WHOIS, and should be changed to your. The extract represents the information for the new domain name from WHOIS. The extract clearly shows that his personal data has been published in association with the new domain, which represents the most likely sources of the phone calls. These should be changed to remove the nu

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Question

Your CIO, Thomas Fischer, has complained that vendors are cold calling him to get more information about your organization's new domain name (tvf-prod.com). You've extracted the information below from tvf-prod.com. What should you report back to the CIO?

Exhibit

GCIH question #524 exhibit

Options

  • AHis contact information was linked to the new domain in WHOIS, and should be changed to your
  • BHis contact information has been published in the WHOIS database, and since Internic manages
  • CHis contact information has been published on the new website, and the marketing department
  • DSomeone outside the organization has published his contact information, and he should run a

Explanation

The extract represents the information for the new domain name from WHOIS. The extract clearly shows that his personal data has been published in association with the new domain, which represents the most likely sources of the phone calls. These should be changed to remove the number and put a generic email address. Although the data may have been published by parties external to the company or on a new website, these are not necessarily linked to the new Internet domain. The management of the WHOIS data is usually the responsibility of the company registering the domain name and they can change it themselves.

Topics

#WHOIS#information disclosure#domain registration#contact privacy

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