Yey..The quarterly whois database question. Yahoo was not hacked. People have just registered nameservers that contain the phrase yahoo.com in attempts for glory. Regards, Matt -- Matt Levine @Home: matt@deliver3.com @Work: matt@eldosales.com ICQ : 17080004 AIM : exile PGP : http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x6C0D04CF "The Trouble with doing anything right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was." -BIX
-----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu]On Behalf Of David McGaugh Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 8:17 PM To: nanog@merit.edu Subject: Yahoo Hacked?
whois -h whois.internic.net yahoo.com
Whois Server Version 1.3
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.
YAHOO.COM.REALLY.NEEDS.TO.GET.A.CLUE.AT.JIMPHILLIPS.ORG YAHOO.COM.IS.TRYING.TO.STEAL.YAHOO.VU.HOW.ACIDULOUS.COM YAHOO.COM.IS.NOT.CANADIAN.ORG YAHOO.COM.BR YAHOO.COM.AND.SAFESEARCH.COM.AINT.NOTHING.COMPARED.TO.SHEEPSTER.COM YAHOO.COM.AINT.NOTHIN.COMPARED.TO.SAFESEARCH.COM YAHOO.COM
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, 19 Mar 2002 17:10:53 EST <<<
The Registry database contains ONLY .COM, .NET, .ORG, .EDU domains and Registrars.