Port 43 Whois Announcement

An FYI of an operational nature.......

--Tom
Director of gTLD Programs
NSI Registry

What nonsense is this?

The registrant and contact information should be in the same
records as the name servers. After all, that's why we called
it "whois", not something else. We want the "who" part, so that
we can contact them!

Please quote the exact language in the MoU that describes removing
the "who" from whois?

"Newell, Tom" wrote:

Maybe its me, but when I check whois.nsiregistry.net, it tells me to
check rs.internic.net for contact information. ??

Deepak Jain
AiNET

Isn't this a classic case of names & numbers?

- paul

I think they've still got some bugs to work out:

[nrh@squig ~] whois -h whois.nsiregistry.net. wisc.edu

Whois Server Version 1.1

WISC.EDU
WISC.EDU

To single out one record, look it up with "xxx", where xxx is one of the
of the records displayed above. If the records are the same, look them up
with "=xxx" to receive a full display for each record.

Last update of whois database: Tue, 16 Nov 99 01:16:23 EST <<<

The Registry database contains ONLY .COM, .NET, .ORG, .EDU domains and Registrars.

Newell, Tom wrote:

As Derek _very_ politely pointed out, I am, in fact, retarded.

Derek J. Balling wrote:

nicholas harteau wrote:

I think they've still got some bugs to work out:

probably, but follow the directions...

list9@radha:/home/list9 > whois -h whois.nsiregistry.net =wisc.edu

Whois Server Version 1.1

   Server Name: WISC.EDU
   IP Address: 128.104.30.27
   Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC.
   Whois Server: rs.internic.net
   Referral URL: www.networksolutions.com

   Domain Name: WISC.EDU
   Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC.
   Whois Server: rs.internic.net
   Referral URL: www.networksolutions.com
   Name Server: CS.WISC.EDU
   Name Server: DNS.CS.WISC.EDU
   Name Server: DNS2.ITD.UMICH.EDU
   Name Server: DNS2.CS.WISC.EDU

Last update of whois database: Tue, 16 Nov 99 01:16:23 EST <<<

The Registry database contains ONLY .COM, .NET, .ORG, .EDU domains and
Registrars.

I think they've still got some bugs to work out:

perhaps that's why they announced it will be ready the first of december?

randy