[8078] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Is the InterNIC really screwed in the head?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ehud Gavron)
Sun Mar 9 16:54:51 1997
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 1997 14:44:56 -0700 (MST)
From: Ehud Gavron <GAVRON@ACES.COM>
In-reply-to: "Your message dated Sun, 09 Mar 1997 15:42:06 -0600 (CST)"
<Pine.GSO.3.95.970309154133.7931C-100000@staff1.texas.net>
To: Bill Bradford <mrbill@texas.net>
Cc: Ehud Gavron <GAVRON@ACES.COM>, nanog@merit.edu, GAVRON@ACES.COM
Bill Bradford said:
>On Sun, 9 Mar 1997, Ehud Gavron wrote:
>> RFC954 specifies WHOIS. Client requests, server sends. Simple, really.
>> $ whois opus4-hst
>> ....
>> Would you like to see registered users of this host?
>> WHAT??? My whois client is supposed to search for this string
...
>I think your WHOIS may be messed up:
>(mrbill) staff1:~$ whois opus4-hst
No, I think yours is.
% telnet whois.internic.net whois
OPUS4-HST<CR>
[No name] (OPUS4-HST)
Hostname: NS.OPUS1.COM
Address: 192.245.12.50
System: VAX running VMS
Domain Server
Record last updated on 13-Feb-94.
Would you like to see the registered users of this host? y<CR>
No registered users.
The InterNIC Registration Services Host contains ONLY Internet Information
(Networks, ASN's, Domains, and POC's).
Please use the whois server at nic.ddn.mil for MILNET Information.
Go fix it.
E
>[No name] (OPUS4-HST)
> Hostname: NS.OPUS1.COM
> Address: 192.245.12.50
> System: VAX running VMS
> Domain Server
> Record last updated on 13-Feb-94.
>To see this host record with registered users, repeat the command with
>a star ('*') before the name; or, use '%' to show JUST the registered users.
>The InterNIC Registration Services Host contains ONLY Internet Information
>(Networks, ASN's, Domains, and POC's).
>Please use the whois server at nic.ddn.mil for MILNET Information.
>Bill Bradford (BB2623) Systems Admin, UNIX geek, BOFH
>mrbill@texas.net * mrbill@mrbill.net Texas Networking, Inc.
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