Time to retire Kryptos@home

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Dr Who Fan
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Time to retire Kryptos@home

Post by Dr Who Fan »

Time to retire Kryptos@home - SECURITY ISSUE w/web site

It's Dead.... I think it is TIME TO REITRE THE PROJECT! See my reasons below.

1) No web site for 3+ months [last contact > 2021-07-01 16:00:03 UTC] and now there is a SECURITY ISSUE with the web site SSL CERTIFICATE:
Your connection is not private
Attackers might be trying to steal your information from www.kryptosathome.com (for example, passwords, messages, or credit cards). Learn more
NET::ERR_CERT_COMMON_NAME_INVALID
This server could not prove that it is www.kryptosathome.com; its security certificate is from garoa.club. This may be caused by a misconfiguration or an attacker intercepting your connection.
2) Seems the website has indeed been re-registered to different owners:
Whois Record ( last updated on 2021-09-17 )
Domain name: kryptosathome.com
Registry Domain ID: 2578604699_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.namecheap.com
Registrar URL: http://www.namecheap.com
Updated Date: 0001-01-01T00:00:00.00Z
Creation Date: 2020-12-14T12:26:03.00Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2021-12-14T12:26:03.00Z
Registrar: NAMECHEAP INC
Registrar IANA ID: 1068
Registrar Abuse Contact Email:
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.6613102107
Reseller: NAMECHEAP INC
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: Withheld for Privacy Purposes
Registrant Organization: Privacy service provided by Withheld for Privacy ehf
Registrant Street: Kalkofnsvegur 2
Registrant City: Reykjavik
Registrant State/Province: Capital Region
Registrant Postal Code: 101
Registrant Country: IS
Registrant Phone: +354.4212434
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax:
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email:
Name Server: pdns1.registrar-servers.com
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Re: Time to retire Kryptos@home

Post by Neil »

Hi,

Thanks for the heads up. I've removed the home page URL for the project.

In addition the project was automatically flagged as inactive by my update scripts.

Cheers,

Neil.
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