[30746] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: what's this all about? (NetSol RootZone FubAr?)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Peter van Dijk)
Wed Aug 30 03:58:53 2000
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 09:56:05 +0200
From: Peter van Dijk <petervd@vuurwerk.nl>
To: nanog@nanog.org
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In-Reply-To: <00ed01c01054$caba7b10$84c1add8@olywa.net>; from cosmo@olywa.net on Sun, Aug 27, 2000 at 11:29:52AM -0700
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On Sun, Aug 27, 2000 at 11:29:52AM -0700, Jay Stewart wrote:
[snip]
> Whois Server Version 1.1
>
> Domain names in the .com, .net, and .org domains can now be registered
> with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
> for detailed information.
>
> Domain Name: NETWORKSOLUTIONS.COM
> Registrar: 7DC, INC.
> Whois Server: whois.7dc.com <--- ????????
> Referral URL: www.7dc.com <--- Who???
> Name Server: NS2.NETSOL.COM
> Name Server: NS1.NETSOL.COM
> Name Server: NS3.NETSOL.COM
> Updated Date: 20-may-2000
>
> -=-=-=-=-=-
>
> ?????
>
> This is happening for pretty much every domain I bothered to check, and only
> seems to happen when using a dot at the end of the FQDN.
It's been that way for several months now. I played jokes on several
people with this bug.
It doesn't seem harmful at all, I know of nobody who relies on
whois-output for DNS.
Greetz, Peter.
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