[3151] in Release_Engineering
NetProb ticket #1248, sun4 7.6Q: whois
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (cdemello@MIT.EDU)
Wed Feb 2 12:29:55 1994
From: cdemello@MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 94 12:29:47 -0500
To: rel-eng@MIT.EDU
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>From jweiss@MIT.EDU Thu Jan 20 20:01:25 1994
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>Subject: sun4 7.6Q: whois
>Date: Thu, 20 Jan 94 20:01:11 EST
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>System name: the-other-woman
>Type and version: SPARC/Classic 7.6Q (12 update(s) to same version)
>Display type: cgthree
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>What were you trying to do?
> run whois to get info on a domain
>
>What's wrong:
> different platforms default to different whois servers.
>
> DEC uses: rs.internic.net
> Sun uses: NIC.DDN.MIL
>
> I believe that the RS6k uses nic.ddn.mil and VAX uses
> rs.internic.net, but I haven't confirmed these.
>
>What should have happened:
> counsistancy would have been a win.
> I think rs.internic.net is probably the right choice.
>
>Please describe any relevant documentation references:
> I understand that certain things need to differ between
> platforms; I can't see why this should be one of them tho.
>
