[33853] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Microsoft spokesperson blames ICANN
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric A. Hall)
Wed Jan 24 19:44:54 2001
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Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 15:30:27 -0800
From: "Eric A. Hall" <ehall@ehsco.com>
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Dave McKay <dave@sneakerz.org>, nanog@merit.edu
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> Out of interest.. does anyone happen to know why rs.internic.net
> reports the following of microsoft.com?
>
> [rs.internic.net]
>
> Whois Server Version 1.3
> MICROSOFT.COM.SHOULD.GIVE.UP.BECAUSE.LINUXISGOD.COM
> MICROSOFT.COM.SE.FAIT.HAX0RIZER.PAR.TOUT.LE.ZOY.ORG
> MICROSOFT.COM.OWNED.BY.MAT.HACKSWARE.COM
...
Those are registered nameservers. WHOIS searches against all registered
domain names, which includes zones and the servers that host them.
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Eric A. Hall http://www.ehsco.com/
Internet Core Protocols http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/coreprot/
