[8088] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Is the InterNIC really screwed in the head?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Charles R. Hoynowski)
Sun Mar 9 18:10:01 1997
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 09 Mar 1997 14:44:56 MST."
<01IGAW9N53E2QO5Z1M@ACES.COM>
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 1997 15:05:28 -0800
From: "Charles R. Hoynowski" <charles@etak.com>
Just must stop and wonder when I get these messages, it sometimes boggles
the mind, the extent of Internet problems that this mailing list is held
accountable for.
--charles
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Charles R. Hoynowski (CRH2), domain administrator, various locations
Email: charles@etak.com
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Ehud Gavron <GAVRON@ACES.COM> says:
>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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>>"Un-altered REPRODUCTION and DISSEMINATION of this IMPORTANT Information
>> is ENCOURAGED, ESPECIALLY to COMPUTER BULLETIN BOARDS."
>> -- Robert E. McElwaine
>
