On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Chris Wedgwood wrote:
Silly question perhaps, but one that I've not been able to find an answer to:
Now that NSI has competitors, how does one lookup 'contact' objects via whois?
I've tried various whois clients to see if there is some magic incarnation, but alas, none of them seem to support this.
whois.crsnic.net returns the NSIregistry record, which includes a reference to a registrar whois server. jabley(a)splatter[129]$ whois -h whois.crsnic.net joker.com 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: JOKER.COM Registrar: CORE INTERNET COUNCIL OF REGISTRARS Whois Server: whois.corenic.net Referral URL: www.corenic.net Name Server: NS.NRW.NET Name Server: NS2.CSL-GMBH.NET Updated Date: 29-dec-1999
Last update of whois database: Sun, 25 Jun 00 04:52:13 EDT <<<
The Registry database contains ONLY .COM, .NET, .ORG, .EDU domains and Registrars. jabley(a)splatter[130]$ whois -h whois.corenic.net joker.com Siegfried Langenbach (template COCO-11) CORE-11 CSL GmbH Rathausufer 16 Duesseldorf, NRW 40213 Germany Domain Name: joker.com Status: production Admin Contact, Technical Contact, Zone Contact: Siegfried Langenbach (COCO-11) info(a)joker.com +49 211 867670 (FAX) +492118676710 CORE Registrar: CORE-11 Record last modified: 1999-12-29 16:12:14 MET by CORE-11 Record created: 1994-11-27 00:00:00 MET by NSI Domain servers in listed order: ns.nrw.net 194.176.0.14 ns2.csl-gmbh.net 194.245.101.58 Database last updated on 2000-06-25 22:40:18 MET To optimize query speed and answer correctness see the --help option. Depending on your whois client use whois -h whois.corenic.net HELP or whois HELP(a)whois.corenic.net --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog