On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 12:40:00PM -0500, alex@yuriev.com wrote:
Is there a new top-level whois server or did shared registry whois stop providing references to the appropriate whois servers for .org? Alex --
Alex- The new whois server for the .ORG TLD can be found at whois.publicinterestregistry.net. Web interface for .ORG WHOIS can be found at <URI:http://www.pir.org/whois/>. The VGRS -> PIR migration has been mentioned in sibling messages. For more information on current status and future plans you can consult the PIR website at <URI:http://www.pir.org/>. Note that PIR has contracted with Afilias (think .INFO) for operations of .ORG. Afilias' .INFO is a "thick" registry, with centralized WHOIS, not referral WHOIS. .ORG is planned to make the transition to a "thick" registry with centralized WHOIS, but at this time it is in a state of in-between. WHOIS output from whois.publicinterestregistry.net is of a nearly identical format as that of whois.afilias.info. Difference with .ORG is that all of the contact information looks similar to this example: Registrant ID:11-C Registrant Name:CONTACT NOT AUTHORITATIVE Registrant Street1:Whois Server:whois.opensrs.net Registrant Street2:Referral URL:www.opensrs.org Registrant City:N/A Registrant Postal Code:N/A Registrant Country:CA Registrant Email:not@available.org Some whois clients will see the "Whois Server:" referral and follow it, some will not. At some point in the future, PIR has stated that they plan to have centralized whois, which leads me to assume that the referrals will go away.
At least a pair of domain registars cannot adjust any .org records claiming that the domains not exist.
These registrars have yet to catch up to the VGRS -> PIR migration, perhaps. There may have been a few complications in the migration that I have caught wind of, but not being a registrar, I don't have much in the way of an inside track. hope this helps, -jeff -- Jeff Godin Network Specialist Traverse Area District Library / Traverse Community Network jeff@tcnet.org