social security #

[nrmillions]

Hi, I might sound like an idiot in here for not knowing about this, but I just noticed that my social security # and everyone else who I talked to has their social security # registered in the .us extension. Did the government register everyones SS# in the entire country?

 

[LeeRyder]

mine is NOT REGISTERED with and without hyphens.

 

[stevo]

Hmmm...

It appears to be true. First that I have heard of it. Perhaps all nine digit #'s are unregisterable. I even checked 000000006.us, and it is not available. I doubt that this is someone's social security number. The .com is available though.

 

[tas38]

I just checked my SS#, and all of them are free to reg.

 

[LeeRyder]

scratch that, just checked bia enom..and sure as shit.. my SSN is registered in .us. however, who9is comes back as:

Domain Status Message:
Domain is available.

Whois Record
Not Available

 

[GeorgeK]

One should check via www.whois.us (authoritative for .us).

Reserved Name Rules:

All domains of any length beginning with 18XX or 1-8XX or 8XX
where X is any number from 0 to 9 inclusive.

All domains beginning with NXX or 1NXX or 1-NXX followed by exactly seven numbers not including hyphens,where N is any number from 2 to 9 inclusive and X is any number from 0 to 9 inclusive.

All domains beginning with XXXXX where X is any number from 0 to 9 inclusive.
Example of reserved domains:

1800abc.us (rule #1)
812abc-def.us (rule #1)
1-805-999-9999.us (rule #1)
212-999-9999.us (rule #2)
19009998888.us (rule #2)
1-212---1-2-3-4-5-6-7--.us (rule #2)
20176.us (rule #3)
90210-Melrose.us (rule #3)

Since SSN domains would all begin with 5 digits in a row, they would violate rule #3, and are thus can't be registered.

 

[tas38]

I checked enom as well, and my SS# is infact taken in the .us as well.

Very odd I would think, I see no use for the USA gov't to want them.

edited In:

Ok I just seen post above, and know why they are taken. I wonder why they don't let them be regged ?

 

[GeorgeK]

See: http://www.nic.us/faqs/index.html#whatis_reserved_name

 

[katherine]

In these times of ID theft I would not disclose my SSN unless I have to.
Anyway I would never display that kind of private info so prominently as in a domain name :greenshy: