trademark violation at torforum

torforum is a forum in which users think they are using an official forum of Tor. torforum has zero association with Tor. We should ask them to change their name and put a big disclaimer on their site.

added component::archived/general owner::wseltzer priority::medium resolution::worksforme severity::normal status::closed type::task labels

host torforum.org torforum.org has address 162.211.228.147 torforum.org mail is handled by 10 mail.torforum.org.

whois torforum.org Domain Name:TORFORUM.ORG Domain ID: D168236811-LROR Creation Date: 2013-03-23T12:10:53Z Updated Date: 2014-01-23T13:16:55Z Registry Expiry Date: 2014-03-23T12:10:53Z Sponsoring Registrar:Center of Ukrainian Internet Names dba UKRNAMES (R1787-LROR) Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 1436 WHOIS Server: Referral URL: Domain Status: ok Registrant ID:UANS-00000647893 Registrant Name:Antin Doloman Registrant Organization: Registrant Street: 04070, Kiev, Andreevskij spusk, 2 v, 15 Registrant City:Kiev Registrant State/Province:Kievskaya Registrant Postal Code:04070 Registrant Country:UA Registrant Phone:+380.935660916 Registrant Phone Ext: Registrant Fax: Registrant Fax Ext: Registrant Email:anton@beleven.com.ua Admin ID:UANS-00000647894 Admin Name:Antin Doloman Admin Organization: Admin Street: 04070, Kiev, Andreevskij spusk, 2 v, 15 Admin City:Kiev Admin State/Province:Kievskaya Admin Postal Code:04070 Admin Country:UA Admin Phone:+380.935660916 Admin Phone Ext: Admin Fax: Admin Fax Ext: Admin Email:anton@beleven.com.ua Tech ID:UANS-00000647895 Tech Name:Antin Doloman Tech Organization: Tech Street: 04070, Kiev, Andreevskij spusk, 2 v, 15 Tech City:Kiev Tech State/Province:Kievskaya Tech Postal Code:04070 Tech Country:UA Tech Phone:+380.935660916 Tech Phone Ext: Tech Fax: Tech Fax Ext: Tech Email:anton@beleven.com.ua Name Server:NS2.UKRNAMES.COM Name Server:NS1.UKRNAMES.COM Name Server:NS3.UKRNAMES.COM Name Server: Name Server: Name Server: Name Server: Name Server: Name Server: Name Server: Name Server: Name Server: Name Server: DNSSEC:Unsigned

whois 162.211.228.147

NetRange: 162.211.224.0 - 162.211.231.255 CIDR: 162.211.224.0/21 OriginAS:
NetName: IT7NET NetHandle: NET-162-211-224-0-1 Parent: NET-162-0-0-0-0 NetType: Direct Allocation RegDate: 2013-05-09 Updated: 2013-05-09 Ref: http://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-162-211-224-0-1

OrgName: IT7 Networks Inc OrgId: IN-27 Address: 3-1136 Centre Street Suite 127 City: Thornhill StateProv: ON PostalCode: L4J 3M8 Country: CA RegDate: 2013-01-11 Updated: 2013-02-21 Ref: http://whois.arin.net/rest/org/IN-27

OrgAbuseHandle: ABUSE3623-ARIN OrgAbuseName: Abuse OrgAbusePhone: +1-408-260-5757 OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@sioru.com OrgAbuseRef: http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/ABUSE3623-ARIN

OrgTechHandle: TECHN1201-ARIN OrgTechName: Technical Contact OrgTechPhone: +1-408-260-5757 OrgTechEmail: arin-tech@sioru.com OrgTechRef: http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/TECHN1201-ARIN

OrgNOCHandle: NOC12969-ARIN OrgNOCName: NOC OrgNOCPhone: +1-408-260-5757 OrgNOCEmail: arin-noc@sioru.com OrgNOCRef: http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/NOC12969-ARIN

Trac:
Cc: N/A to phoul

Trac:
Component: Tor Sysadmin Team to general
Status: new to accepted

Our options are to start lawsuit via ICANN and have the domain revoked, or ignore the domain, or tell people this forum isn't really tor's.

No one seems to care, closing.

Trac:
Status: accepted to closed
Resolution: N/A to wontfix

Trac:
Status: closed to reopened
Cc: phoul to phoul, wseltzer
Resolution: wontfix to N/A

Trac:
Owner: phobos to wseltzer
Status: reopened to assigned

Set all open tickets without a severity to "Normal"

Trac:
Severity: N/A to Normal

It seems the forums now have a big banner saying that the forum is unofficial.

Trac:
Status: assigned to closed
Resolution: N/A to worksforme
Reviewer: N/A to N/A
Sponsor: N/A to N/A

closed