DrugBuyers.Com: Hydrocodone.com anyone?

Just for academic purposes, here's a link to all of the top-level domains (the final portion of an internet hostname, .com etc.) recognized by the internet root name-servers.

http://www.iana.org/cctld/cctld-whois.htm

It's also very important to note, that just because a domain name has a top-level domain of ".jp" for example, does NOT mean the actual server resides in japan. Forward DNS (A record), meaning the name-to-IP-address resolution, can be configured to point from whatever.you.want.jp. This hostname can point to a server in kansas, as long as someone with second-level-domain name-server authority (the name portion before the top level, you just count backwards from .com) and above has been delegated to anyone with authority to make changes in the name server. This is done all the time for vanity domains and stuff like come.to/jamaica , which is catchy to look at , but most certainly does not reside in Tonga.
On the other hand, an IP address-to-hostname mapping MUST be valid within the "source of authority" name server... meaning you can't have just anyone do this reverse mapping (PTR record). come.to/jamaica if resolved backwards back from the IP may very well show something like server.commerce.com. So, just take these hostnames with a grain of salt, the extension does indicate which country or purpose owns it (top level domain), but they can point to any server in the world for a forward mapping.

Sorry if this confused, just don't want anyone to presume that the top level domain actually means WHERE something is located. If anything , I've seen MOST foreign domains pointing to servers in the U.S., frequently vanity or catchy domain names. The countries don't mind setting up a second or third level source of authority to someone in another country, because they usually make money from allocating the slice of authority.

Another tip of the day: "whois" information for a domain is easily falsified and often doesn't mean diddly. THe only dependable entities upon which the registrant is commonly valid, are commercial entities in the U.S. Not to say that most people don't put in valid information in their registration information, but enough do NOT as to not rely on ANY "whois" information, OR "top level domain" country association.

HTH for future sleuthing. Another day we will learn how to track the TRUE location of a host using the Arin database and a network's CIDR representation; coupled with goodies such as "medium-guessing" or "topology-guessing", ie being able to discern if a host's last hop was through an ethernet, T1, DS3, and many others, based on Round-trip latency, upstream provider location, provider router/switch-interface hostnames and more. This is the only real way to know the underpinnings of any given host (upon which a website would reside if one desired, ie. DB).

J

HTH
J