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We don’t go out of our way to make this information available, nor
to   
protect it.

There is no listing of websites hosted on scripts.mit.edu or their
  
maintainers. If we’re asked to by IS&T staff (e.g., IT Security or
User   
Accounts) or law enforcement, we will identify the maintainer of a
single   
website. We may also do so if needed in the process of answering a
  
good-faith support ticket about the maintenance of that website.   
Otherwise, we avoid giving this information out to the public for
the   
asking.

That said, for multiple technical reasons ranging from the
configuration   
of our servers to the properties of various parts of Athena
infrastructure   
we build upon, it’s generally possible to determine the ownership
of a   
website with some concerted effort, including which users or groups
have   
the ability to publish the site and who was the original creator of
a file   
in a locker. Most of this is due to the Athena locker model itself,
and   
applies equally to sites hosted on other services such as
web.mit.edu.

Most other MIT hosting options will also reveal the owner’s
identity   
publicly through Moira’s hostname registry. If you wish to have a
truly   
anonymous website, you’ll need to get hosting independent of the
MIT   
infrastructure.