Good evening

Whomever is controlling Bullet-Proof-Host.com is attempting
to smear About Web Services.

The "kicker" of the whole thing is that plastered over the
website is "SPAM 100% TOLERANCE". Yet the User Agreement
states "Bullet-Proof-Host has a zero tolerance policy for
spam (unsolicited bulk commercial e-mail)".
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<Quote>
Bullet-Proof-Host.com

Bullet-Proof-Host is a subsidiary of About Web Services,
a 8 year-old company that is the largest Linux web hosting
company in the world. We have been around since the dawn
of web serving. So, yeah, we actually DO know what we're
doing. To shoot straight, we are experts in virtual
dedicated server solutions.
</Quote>
Reference:
http://www.bullet-proof-host.com/member/about_us.php

<Quote>
Shellon Tu
Shilin is an experienced application developer, and has created
high-end enterprise applications and architectures. He is a
veteran in the hosting industry, and is highly experienced with
Windows, Linux and Sun. Aaron built hosting platforms used by
Excite@Home, along with the award winning AT&T Small Business
Hosting platform. He's also done time as a web designer and
consultant.

Jone Fry
Bryan is a software engineer who has created scalable, highly
integrated & customized systems. He created the core software
systems that power the popular Freeservers.com site, and was
also involved with the e-commerce technology behind BizHosting.com.
He's built complete banner serving systems, stats tracking systems,
templating and HTML serving systems.

Fan Liu
Fang's background is in the ISP industry, and She's worked
with Internet technologies since before it was mainstream.
<snip>

Announcements
Bullet-Proof-Host web hosting is cutting edge. Our VPS packages
rival any other web hosting package in the world, but the
competition can't match us on price and value. Check us out.

Sincerely,
Sam Lu
Bullet-Proof-Host Chairman
</Quote>
Reference:
http://www.bullet-proof-host.com/member/ourteam.php
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<Quote>
Privacy Policy

Any Bullet-Proof-Host member may cancel their membership by
calling 1-317-507-3163
</Quote>
Reference:
http://www.bullet-proof-host.com/me...vacy_policy.php

<Quote>
Cancellation of Service

You may terminate other services by calling 1-317-507-3163
</Quote>
Reference:
http://www.bullet-proof-host.com/me...ling_policy.php

317-507-3163 is a cell phone using the Indianapolis,
Indiana exchange.

<Quote>
User Agreement

6. Closing Agreements

This Acceptable Use Policy and any disputes arising out of or
related to the Service and the PROVIDER Sites shall be governed
by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws
of the State of Indiana.
</Quote>
Reference:
http://www.bullet-proof-host.com/me...r_agreement.php
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Domain Name ..................... bullet-proof-host.com =3D 61.152.99.197=

Name Server ..................... ns1.3322.net    =3D 61.177.95.125
ns2.3322.net    =3D 61.132.94.158
Registrant ID ................... hs194265848-cn
Registrant Name ................. LinShi
Registrant Organization ......... Shilin
Registrant Address .............. Shanghai Street,Shanghai City,China
Registrant City ................. Shanghai
Registrant Province/State ....... Shanghai
Registrant Postal Code .......... 200001
Registrant Country Code ......... CN
Registrant Phone Number ......... +86.02187517690 -
Registrant Fax .................. +86.02187517690 -
Registrant Email ................ maples2000@21cn.com  <-- important
Technical ID .................... hs194265848-cn
Technical, Administrative and Billing information the
same as Registrant.
Expiration Date ................. 2005-01-31 20:22:54
Creation Date ................... 2004-01-31   <-- note
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Testing contact e-mail: service@bullet-proof-host.com

Validation results - Success

canonical address: <service@bullet-proof-host.com>

MX records
preference    exchange                  IP address
10        mail.bullet-proof-host.com    [61.129.45.11]
SMTP session

[Contacting mail.bullet-proof-host.com [61.129.45.11]...]
[Connected]
220 ns2.edong.com ESMTP Postfix
<snip the rest>
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Host name: bullet-proof-host.com
IP address: 61.152.99.197
Alias: www.bullet-proof-host.com

Whois.internic.net: 61.152.99.197
WEBLOG.BAISO.COM
WWW.CN159.COM
WWW.SOHO88.COM
DNS1.MY0594.COM
NS1.EDONG.COM  <-- note

Whois.internic.net: 61.129.45.11
NS2.EDONG.COM

Host name: mail.bullet-proof-host.com
IP address: 61.129.45.11
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Whois: 5imail.com  220.184.140.60

Registrant: 5imail (XTUVWBLIFD)
shanghai shanghai shanghai
shanghai, shanghai 200000 CN
Administrative Contact:
5imail  (FYPVEFXSRO)  maples2000@21cn.com <-- note
shanghai shanghai shanghai
shanghai, shanghai 200000   CN
(86) 021-88941654 fax: (86) 021-59975594
Technical Contact:
HiChina Web Solution Limited  (GKXHGGFUDO)
domainadm@hichina.com
11/F., Building C Fuhua Mansion
No.8 Chaoyangmen North Avenue, Dongcheng District
Beijing 100027, China, Beijing, Beijing 100027 CN
8610-65547878 fax: 8610-65542377
Record expires on 17-May-2004.
Record created on 17-May-2003.      <--- Please note
Database last updated on 10-Feb-2004 15:53:58 EST.
Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.3322.NET       202.108.36.139
NS2.3322.NET        61.132.94.158

Note: 5imail.com redirects to www.bullet-proof-host.com
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Searching on e-mail addy: maples2000@21cn.com

I found this:
Freebsd-taiwan-cvslog
Jenny@chinavhost.cn
Tue, 28 Oct 2003 16:03:42 +0800
http://freebsd.sinica.edu.tw/piperm...g/2003-October=
/001299.html
Advertising and downloading from chinavhost.cn
At the bottom right side is mailto: maples2000@21cn.com

=2ECN Registry WHOIS Data

Domain Name: chinavhost.cn  =3D  220.184.140.60
Domain Status: ok
Registrant Name: =E9=B2=81=E4=BB=95=E6=9E=97
Registrant Organization:  =E6=9D=AD=E5=B7=9E=E8=AF=97=E6=9E=97=E7=
94=B5=E5=
 =AD=90=E5=95=86=E5=8A=A1=E7=A7=91=E6=8A=
80=E7=A0=94=E7=A9=B6=E6=89=80
Registrant Address:  =E6=B5=99=E6=B1=9F=E5=A4=A7=E5=AD=A6=E7=
8E=89=E6=
=B3=89=E6=A0=A1=E5=8C=BA
Registrant Postal Code: 310013
Administrative Email: service@chinavhost.com
Sponsoring Registrar:  =E5=88=9B=E8=81=94=E4=B8=87=E7=BD=91=E5=
9B=BD=E9=
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AF=EF=BC=88=E5=8C=97=E4=BA=AC=EF=BC=
=89=E6=9C=89=E9=99=90=E5=85=AC=E5=8F=B8
Name Server: ns1.3322.net
Name Server: ns2.3322.net
Registration Date: 2003-05-20 16:18  <--- Please note
Expiration Date: 2004-05-20 16:18

Funny that... 5imail.com is also hosted on IP: 220.184.140.60
All using the same domain servers.

The website: http://www.chinavhost.cn/  has an english link
in the right side which is http://www.china-webhost.net/
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Domain Name ..................... china-webhost.net =3D 202.101.42.107
Name Server ..................... dns7.hichina.com
dns8.hichina.com
Registrant ID ................... hc166077138-cn
Registrant Name ................. Shilin Lu
Registrant Organization ......... Shilin Lu
Registrant Address .............. Building 146,Hehua garden,hangzhou,zhej=
iang
Registrant City ................. Hangzhou
Registrant Province/State ....... Zhejiang
Registrant Postal Code .......... 310013
Registrant Country Code ......... CN
Registrant Phone Number ......... +86.057187771920 -
Registrant Fax .................. +86.057187771921 -
Registrant Email ................ service@chinavhost.com <-- note
Technical ID .................... hs166070744-cn
Technical, Administrative and Billing information the same
as Registrant
Expiration Date ................. 2004-11-27 13:57:58
Creation Date ................... 2003-11-27
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Hey a loop....

Whois: chinavhost.com  =3D  202.101.42.107

Registrant: SL Research Institute of E-Commercial Science (HEBBWFAUGD)
Yuquan campus of Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310013, CN
Administrative Contact:
SL Research Institute of E-Commercial Science
(VEQZPCGKTO)   service@china-webhost.com  <---- Hello 
Yuquan campus of Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310013 CN
(86)0571-88941844 fax: (86)0571-88943173
Technical Contact:
HiChina Web Solution Limited  (GKXHGGFUDO)  domainadm@hichina.com
11/F., Building C Fuhua Mansion
No.8 Chaoyangmen North Avenue
Dongcheng District, Beijing 100027, China
Beijing, Beijing 100027 CN
8610-65547878 fax: 8610-65542377
Record expires on 02-May-2004.
Record created on 02-May-2003.        <--- Please note
Database last updated on 10-Feb-2004 18:18:35 EST.
Domain servers in listed order:
DNS7.HICHINA.COM
DNS8.HICHINA.COM
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My my my.... This does look and feel remarkably like the
Bullet-Proof-Host.com site.

<Quote>
Our Team

Shilin Lu
Shilin is an experienced application developer, and has
created high-end enterprise applications and architectures.
He is a veteran in the hosting industry, and is highly
experienced with Windows, Linux and Sun. Aaron built hosting
platforms used by Excite@Home, along with the award winning
AT&T Small Business Hosting platform. He's also done time
as a web designer and consultant.

Paul Zhang
Paul is a software engineer who has created scalable, highly
integrated & customized systems. He created the core software
systems that power the popular Freeservers.com site, and was
also involved with the e-commerce technology behind BizHosting.com.
He's built complete banner serving systems, stats tracking systems,
templating and HTML serving systems.

Fang Li
Fang's background is in the ISP industry, and She's worked with
Internet technologies since before it was mainstream.
<snip>

Announcements
China-WebHost web hosting is cutting edge. Our VPS packages
rival any other web hosting package in the world, but the
competition can't match us on price and value. Check us out.

Sincerely,
Shilin Lu
China-WebHost Chairman
</Quote>
Reference:
http://www.china-webhost.net/member/ourteam.php
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Now isn't this amusing.

<Quote>
About Us

40IT

40IT is a subsidiary of About Web Services, a 8 year-old company
that is the largest Linux web hosting company in the world. We
have been around since the dawn of web serving. So, yeah,
we actually DO know what we're doing. To shoot straight, we are
experts in virtual dedicated server solutions.
</Quote>
Reference:
http://www.china-webhost.net/member/about_us.php
- Same photograph as Bullet-Proof-Host.com
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Except for some minor changes http://www.40it.net/
is the same as www.china-webhost.net

Whois: 40it.net  =3D  202.101.42.107

Registrant: SL Research Institute of E-Commercial Science and Technolog
service@40it.com 0571-88941844
SL
SL Research Institute of E-Commercial Science and
Technology, Hangzhou
hangzhou,Zhejiang,China 310030
Administrator, Technical and Billing Contactor:
name: lushilin
mail: service@40it.com
tel: 0571-88941844
org: SL
address: SL Research Institute of E-Commercial Science and
Technology, Hangzhou
city: hangzhou
,province: Zhejiang
,country: China
postcode: 310030
Record last updated at 2003-03-31 13:59:20
Record created on 2003/3/30         <-- Note
Record expired on 2004/3/30
Domain servers in listed order:
ns1.3322.net    ns2.3322.net  <--- Note
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Also

Domain Name.......... 40it.com
Creation Date........ 2001-08-09    <--- Note
Registration Date.... 2001-08-09
Expiry Date.......... 2004-08-09
Organisation Name.... Shilin Lu
Organisation Address. Zhejiang University
Organisation Address.
Organisation Address. hangzhou
Organisation Address. 310000
Organisation Address. Zhejiang
Organisation Address. CHINA

Admin Name........... Shilin Lu  (and Tech info as well)
Admin Address........ Zhejiang University
Admin Address........
Admin Address........ hangzhou
Admin Address........ 310000
Admin Address........ Zhejiang
Admin Address........ CHINA
Admin Email.......... service@china-webhost.com
Admin Phone.......... 0571-0000000
Admin Fax............
Name Server.......... dns1.chinavhost.com  <-- note
Name Server.......... dns2.chinavhost.com

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This is good for a giggle.

<Quote>
Our Network

Tell me about the network already

All 40IT machines are hosted at our world-class data center in
San Jose, California. Backbone connectivity ranges from
OC12 to OC192 connections, allowing us to scale our bandwidth as
needed. We have over 430 peering arrangements, which allows our
network to be fully adaptable, redundant, and intelligent.
</Quote>
reference:
http://www.china-webhost.net/member/network.php

Please note it is taken off the china-webhost.net page
and it makes reference to 40IT.

<Quote>
Privacy Policy

Any 40IT member may cancel their membership by calling
1-317-507-3163
</Quote>
Reference: http://www.china-webhost.net/member/privacy_policy.php

Taken off the china-webhost.net page. It makes reference to 40IT
and it appear to be almost word for word the same as the
bullet-proof-host.com privacy policy. Same phone number.
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Now going back to http://www.chinavhost.cn/
Top right side, second button from the end is the link:
http://www.china-webhost.com/member/about_us.php

Domain Name ..................... china-webhost.com =3D 218.30.100.101
Name Server ..................... dns7.hichina.com
dns8.hichina.com
Registrant ID ................... hc178850917-cn
Registrant Name ................. Shilin Lu
Registrant Organization ......... Shilin Lu
Registrant Address .............. hangzhou,zhejiang
Registrant City ................. Hangzhou
Registrant Province/State ....... Zhejiang
Registrant Postal Code .......... 310013
Registrant Country Code ......... CN
Registrant Phone Number ......... +86.057187771920 -
Registrant Fax .................. +86.057187771921 -
Registrant Email ................ service@china-webhost.com
Technical ID .................... hc178851239-cn
Technical Name .................. Shilin Lu
Technical Organization .......... Shilin Lu
Technical Address ............... hangzhou,zhejiang
Technical City .................. Hangzhou
Technical Province/State ........ Zhejiang
Technical Postal Code ........... 310013
Technical Country Code .......... CN
Technical Phone Number .......... +86.057187771920 -
Technical Fax ................... +86.057187771921 -
Technical Email ................. service@china-webhost.com
Administrative ID ............... hc178850729-cn
Administrative Name ............. Shilin Lu
Administrative Organization ..... Shilin Lu
Administrative Address .......... hangzhou,zhejiang
Administrative City ............. Hangzhou
Administrative Province/State ... Zhejiang
Administrative Postal Code ...... 310013
Administrative Country Code ..... CN
Administrative Phone Number ..... +86.057187771920 -
Administrative Fax .............. +86.057187771921 -
Administrative Email ............ service@china-webhost.com
Billing ID ...................... hc178851028-cn
Billing Name .................... Shilin Lu
Billing Organization ............ Shilin Lu
Billing Address ................. hangzhou,zhejiang
Billing City .................... Hangzhou
Billing Province/State .......... Zhejiang
Billing Postal Code ............. 310013
Billing Country Code ............ CN
Billing Phone Number ............ +86.057187771920 -
Billing Fax ..................... +86.057187771921 -
Billing Email ................... service@china-webhost.com
Expiration Date ................. 2004-11-27 13:53:51
Creation Date ................... 2003-11-27        <--- note
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80
SL Research Institute of E-Commercial Science and Technology=EF=BC=8C
Hangzhou=EF=BC=8CChina

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 (0571)87771920=EF=BC=8D208(=E9=94=80=E5=
94=AE=E7=83=AD=E7=BA=BF)=EF=
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8F=8A=E5=A4=9C=E9=97=B4=E5=
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=E7=BD=91=E5=9D=80=EF=BC=9Ahttp://www.China-WebHost.com
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l: service@china-webhost.com
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l: tech@china-webhost.com
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Reference: http://www.china-webhost.com/member/contact_us.php
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Testing e-mail addy: service@china-webhost.com

Validation results

Success

canonical address: <service@china-webhost.com>

MX records
preference        exchange            IP address
0           mail.china-webhost.com   [202.101.42.107]
SMTP session

[Contacting mail.china-webhost.com [202.101.42.107]...]
[Connected]
220 40it.com ESMTP Postfix
<snip the rest>
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Whois: gndlab.com  =3D  202.101.42.107

Registrant : Wangwei lab
service@40it.com
0571-88941844
SL
SL Research Institute of E-Commercial Science and Technology,
Hangzhou
hangzhou Zhejiang Australia 310030  <-- not likely
Registration Date: 2003-4-15
Expiration Date: 2004-4-15
Last update :2003-04-15 18:49:48
Domain Name Server:
dns1.chinavhost.com
dns2.chinavhost.com
Administrator, Technical and Billing Contact:
lushilin
service@40it.com
0571-88941844
SL
SL Research Institute of E-Commercial Science and Technology,
Hangzhou
hangzhou Zhejiang China 310030
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3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D

Summary:

bullet-proof-host.com  61.152.99.197
mail.bullet-proof-host.com  61.129.45.11
5imail.com  220.184.140.60
chinavhost.cn  220.184.140.60
chinavhost.com  202.101.42.107
china-webhost.net  202.101.42.107
40it.net  202.101.42.107
40it.com  202.101.42.107
china-webhost.com  218.30.100.101
mail.china-webhost.com  202.101.42.107
gndlab.com  202.101.42.107

bullet-proof-host.com has misleading information on the
website. Including a claim that it is a subsidiary of
About Web Services.

mail.bullet-proof-host.com using 61.129.45.11 has a
220 reply stating that it is ns2.edong.com
But ns2.edong.com is really using IP: 61.152.99.200
Some more misleading information.

5imail.com using IP: 220.184.140.60 redirects to
bullet-proof-host.com

chinavhost.cn was advertised back in Oct 2003 with a
contact e-mail addy of maples2000@21cn.com
Which is the contact addy of bullet-proof-host.com

chinavhost.cn website has an english link to
china-webhost.net and a chinese links to
china-webhost.com

china-webhost.net is remarkable similar to
bullet-proof-host.com, including the same contact cell
phone number. Also it has items that appear to have
been lifted completely from the 40it.net

china-webhost.net has a nice circle with chinavhost.com
vis vie the e-mail contact addresses.

At the present time 40it.com is his oldest domain name
dating back to 2001.

It appears to be under the control of one person.
He is doing a lot of copying between the websites.

It is highly likely that he is a reseller of webspace
for several webhosting companies.

Regards
David Ramalho

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