I'm feeling really dumb asking this, but how does one get host info
out of Network Solutions WHOIS these days?
I want to look up the contact info on a host. I can get the IP from
the hostname and vice-versa along with the registrar, but I can't
figure out how to get the full record. "Nameserver" queries don't seem
to work on whois.networksolutions.com anymore, and the records for
zones that I know use the server no longer include the NIC handle for
the nameservers.
How do I get the record? Or get the NIC handle to get the record
through WHOIS? (And I though netsol _used to_ suck. Thank goodness
ICANN is saving us all.)
Which domain/host do you need record for? I can try to find info through
some backdoors but even that may not work any more...
And do note that system with dns hosts & ips has changed as of year ago,
ips are no longer needed for registered hosts (unless the domain is also
the same the nameservers listed for it), dns servers must lookup proper
ip of nameserver by resolving host names. And if change is needed for ip
(when for host in the same domain), it is done through interface provided
by the registrar that is related to that domain. As such almost all
registrars no longer associate contacts with hosts but only associate
hosts with their proper domains and often do not even list ip there.
I usually use 'whois.crsnic.net':
jazz% whois -h whois.crsnic.net ns1.dreamhost.com
Whois Server Version 1.3
Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered
with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
for detailed information.
Server Name: NS1.DREAMHOST.COM
IP Address: 66.33.206.206
Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC.
Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com
Referral URL: http://www.networksolutions.com
What's odd is that the Network Solutions whois server doesn't give out
this information anymore, even for domains registered through NetSol /
Verisign.
jazz% whois -h whois.networksolutions.com "HOST ns1.dreamhost.com"
[snip disclaimer]
No match for host "NS1.DREAMHOST.COM".
This format used to work.