# Something kind of odd **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 21, 2000, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-kind-of-odd/46623 "2000-12-21T00:55:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bloodshedder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Bloodshedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bloodshedder)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-kind-of-odd/46623/1 "2000-12-21T00:55:21Z")
Anybody have any idea what [www.newaol.com](http://www.newaol.com) is? ZoneAlarm keeps catching attempted TCP port accesses in the range of 1400-1700. The addresses are: 205.188.212.80 (resolves to [ftp15e.newaol.com](http://ftp15e.newaol.com), attempted at TCP port 1530) 205.188.212.82 ([ftp16e.newaol.com](http://ftp16e.newaol.com), port 1465) 64.12.168.206 ([ftp24e.newaol.com](http://ftp24e.newaol.com), port 1515) 64.12.168.208 ([ftp25e.newaol.com](http://ftp25e.newaol.com), port 1608) 64.12.168.210 ([ftp26e.newaol.com](http://ftp26e.newaol.com), port 1497) My guess is there are more. I tried visiting [www.newaol.com](http://www.newaol.com) but Netscape just gets stuck at “374 bytes read”, and IE just says “Website found, waiting for reply…”. I realize this may not be the best place to post this, but oh well. This is Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share, is it not? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-kind-of-odd/46623/2 "2000-12-21T01:39:50Z")
Well… The whois claims that newAOL is owned by AOL. I have no idea why they would be accessing your ports. I would be interested in finding out. The page actually worked for me. It redirected me to [free.aol.com](http://free.aol.com) for an offer of 700 free hours. So, I really have not much productive to add. pat > [@](#): > > _whois report_ > > ``` > Domain Name: NEWAOL.COM > > Registrant: > AOL Domain Registration > 22000 AOL Way > Dulles, VA 20166 > US > > Created on..............: Nov 15, 1999 > Expires on..............: Nov 15, 2001 > Record Last Updated on..: Nov 16, 1999 > Registrar...............: America Online, Inc. > http://whois.registrar.aol.com/whois/ > > Administrative Contact: > Domain Administration, AOL > America Online, Inc. > 22000 AOL Way > Dulles, VA 20166 > US > Email. domains@aol.net > Tel. 703 265 4670 > > Technical Contact: > Domain Administration, AOL > America Online, Inc. > 22000 AOL Way > Dulles, VA 20166 > US > Email. domains@aol.net > Tel. 703 265 4670 > > Domain servers: > dns-01.ns.aol.com > 152.163.159.232 > dns-02.ns.aol.com > 205.188.157.232 > > ``` ---
**Author:** ![Bloodshedder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Bloodshedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bloodshedder)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-kind-of-odd/46623/3 "2000-12-21T01:54:50Z")
Thanks for the additional info. I did just realize that I was at the Nullsoft site going to download WinAmp 2.71 when these probes started coming in. I know that AOL owns Nullsoft, but why these probes? Just noticed, got a recent probe from 64.12.168.208 at port 1608. Just as an interesting topic switch, does anyone have any AOL horror or dissatisfaction stories, or general AOL evilness, to share? I read in the [http://www.aolwatch.org](http://www.aolwatch.org) newsletter that AOL has registered domain names like AOhell, AOLworld, and other various domains that escape me. Seems a little odd. ---
**Author:** ![SpinneZiege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@SpinneZiege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpinneZiege)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-kind-of-odd/46623/4 "2000-12-21T02:10:25Z")
Idunno. Crackers might have zombified the [newaol.com](http://newaol.com) servers. There are so many people out to get AOL. People post up new hacks into them all the time. And it doesn’t take a voodoo priest (or anyone with skill beyond a script kiddie) to do that kind of stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-kind-of-odd/46623/5 "2000-12-21T02:20:10Z")
I got one of those AOL CDs that tout 500 free hours. The kicker is that they all have to be used within ONE MONTH!! Hmph. Considering a 30 day period as a month, that only leaves me 120 hours to work, and sleep. ---
**Author:** ![SpinneZiege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@SpinneZiege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpinneZiege)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-kind-of-odd/46623/6 "2000-12-21T02:26:58Z")
Personally, I like putting the discs in a microwave. they really look interesting, all fried like that. I’m thinking about plastering my wall with pieces of them. (Now _that_ should protect you from microwave radiation, the more it sparks in creation, the better!) ---
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-kind-of-odd/46623/7 "2000-12-21T16:27:51Z")
Are you using AOL instant messenger? The main server for AIM might be at [newaol.com](http://newaol.com)… ---
**Author:** ![Bloodshedder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Bloodshedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bloodshedder)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-kind-of-odd/46623/8 "2000-12-21T22:28:09Z")
Bwah! I’d never use AOL IM. The horrors! _However_, as stated earlier, I was on the Nullsoft site, and we all know that AOL bought Nullsoft a while back. Plus, I doubt that they would put the server at [newaol.com](http://newaol.com). It would’t seem quite right. You think 500 hours a month is too much to be used? As said in his earlier post, when pricciar visited [newaol.com](http://newaol.com) he got an offer of **700** hours. That would leave you 1.4193548387096774 hours to do anything but use AOL each day. ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2000, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-kind-of-odd/46623/9 "2000-12-21T22:38:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bloodshedder \* > \*\*I read in the [http://www.aolwatch.org](http://www.aolwatch.org) newsletter that AOL has registered domain names like AOhell, AOLworld, and other various domains that escape me. Seems a little odd. \*\* Quite a few companies are starting to do this to prevent people from “cyber-squatting”, or from setting up sites which are close in name, but are intended to impugn the company in question. I read an article sometime back, in Wired online IIRC, which was about a company that had registered hundreds of names which were misspellings of popular company names, an example being something like “[Yahhoo.com](http://Yahhoo.com)”. Apparently, URLs are often entered incorrectly, and this company was exploiting that by selling banner space to poor spellers. Weird indeed.