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On Friday 12 June 2009 15:38, Paul Sutton wrote: > Gordon Henderson wrote: > > On Fri, 12 Jun 2009, Steph Foster wrote: > >> Dave Foxcroft wrote: > >>> Hi All > >>> > >>> I just wondered if anyone has ever been asked to provide their National > >>> Insurance number when trying to register for an domain name? > >>> > >>> I have tried to register a .it domain and have had it refused because I > >>> didn't provide a valid national security number. I questioned this and > >>> was told that it would be my NI number in the UK. > >>> > >>> I have never been asked for this for any other TLD - com/org/net etc. > >>> Anyone had similar with the likes of .de/.fr....? > >>> > >>> Cheers > >>> > >>> Dave > >> > >> I've never heard anything like this before > >> > >> I can only imagine maybe Italy is restricting .it domains to Italian > >> citizens ? > >> > >> I certainly wouldn't give my NI number out for this purpose > > > > I was about to say the same, hovever I just ran a test through the > > company I use to regsiter doamins - totalregistrations and up it popped: > > NI number, date & place of birth and country... > > > > I suspect it's an Italian thing... > > > > damn.it. > > > > Gordon > > Great for ID theft Possibly but also a good way of stopping ID theft of Italian organisation names! At this level the security should be pretty damned high - I doubt if its published anywhere and it seems to work in this case! Tom te tom te tom > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html