This problem will hopefully be fixed soon as NSI is working through the
IETF
to build a backward compatible whois referral protocol (fat free
rwhois).
http://search.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-faltstrom-whois-02.txt
Mandrake wrote:
>
> On Sun, Jan 16, 2000 at 06:12:41PM -0500, David S. Jackson wrote:
> > For the last several months since the shakeup at networksolutions, the
> > whois command no longer shows all the information it used to. I can
> > use their forms-based web page at networksolutions.com, but I'd rather
> > use whois if I can.
> >
> > Are there any nifty ways you can get all the information you used to
> > using just whois? Such as nick-handle, registrant address, technical
> > contact, admin contact, last updated, NS servers, and so forth? Was
> > this discontinued for security reasons?
>
> it'll tell you where the master information is kept, for example
> whois.networksolutions.com
>
> a good example of this:
>
> $ whois valinux.com
>
> [... snip ...]
>
> Domain Name: VALINUX.COM
> Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC.
> Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com
> Referral URL: www.networksolutions.com
> Name Server: KASHMIR.FDT.NET
> Name Server: NS1.VARESEARCH.COM
> Updated Date: 10-jan-1999
>
> [... snip ...]
>
> $ whois ">valinux.com@whois.networksolutions.com
>
> [... snip ...]
>
> Registrant:
> VA Research Inc. (VALINUX-DOM)
> 1235 Pear Ave #111
> Mountain View, CA 94043
> US
>
> Domain Name: VALINUX.COM
>
> [... snip ...]
>
> etc etc. :)
> you've always had to do that with non .com/.org/.net etc domains.
>
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