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This is no longer true. For the past 1 1/2 days rs.internic.net has been displaying whois.networksolutions.com as the whois server for NSI-registered domains. Rodney Joffe wrote: > As you by now know, as of two hours ago (Dec 1, EST) Network Solutions > changed their whois to "the new form". NSI being their normal secretive > selves, it appears that their new whois servers are not giving out the > "correct" information. They show the authoritative whois server for > their registrar as rs.internic.net, which, of course, shows the same > info as crsnic. > > $ whois [email protected] > [rs.internic.net] > > Whois Server Version 1.1 > > Domain names in the .com, .net, and .org domains can now be registered > with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net > for detailed information. > > Domain Name: GEEKTOOLS.COM > Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC. > Whois Server: rs.internic.net > Referral URL: www.networksolutions.com > Name Server: NS1.ULTRADNS.NET > Name Server: NS2.ULTRADNS.NET > > >>> Last update of whois database: Tue, 30 Nov 99 00:40:30 EST <<< > > The Registry database contains ONLY .COM, .NET, .ORG, .EDU domains and > Registrars. > > It appears that whois.networksolutions.com does give the detailed whois > data. We can't tell if this is an oversight, or on purpose. > None-the-less... > > We've updated geektools superwhois (both the GUI at www.geektools.com > and the command line proxy at whois.geektools.com) to use > whois.networksolutions.com when appropriate. This 'breaks' the normal > operation of SuperWhois which correctly looks at crsnic first, then the > referred server. In this case, crsnic also says rs.internic.net. We'll > watch the bouncing ball, and when crsnic starts giving the correct > answer (whether whois.networksolutions.com or another) we'll undo the > hack. > > The source tarballs are updated also, showing version 2.2.2. If NSI > pulls something else strange, we'll release 2.2.2a pronto. > > -- > Rodney Joffe > CenterGate Research Group, LLC. > http://www.centergate.com > "Technology so advanced, even we don't understand it!"
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