[25574] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: NSI again removes services
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick Evans)
Wed Oct 20 12:33:36 1999
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 17:30:11 +0100 (BST)
From: Patrick Evans <pre@pre.org>
To: Louis Lee <louie@louie.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
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On Wed, 20 Oct 1999, Louis Lee wrote:
> "John R. Levine" wrote:
> >
> > Try "whois dump domainname"
>
> I've found that not all whois clients pass all the options onto
> the whois server. Additionally, you may not want to rely on
> another client from within a script...especially if you're trying
> to straighten out your SWIPs for that last /14 assigned to you.
>
My machines generally come with fwhois, which wants it in the format
'whois $domain@$server'...As you suggest, sending the commands
straight to the TCP port takes care of that.
FWIF, NSI seem to have reinstated the date information. The impression
I got from our account manager was that a lot of people had been
bending his ear over that one :)
--
Patrick Evans - Sysadmin, caffeine addict and beat poet
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