Mike, You should deal with a registrar for this information, since that is one of the services they can provide for you. If you are interested in the cross-reference list, please see http://www.pir.org/whois_search/registrar_whois_ids, which can be accessed via the link at http://www.pir.org/whois_search/. In addition, if you choose to use the web-based whois, then you can use the link on the whois output for the registrar - so for example, the domain nanog.org is at http://www.pir.org/cgi-bin/whois.cgi?yes_popup_flag=0&whois_query_field= domain+NANOG.ORG, and using the link for Sponsoring Registrar, in this example "NSI(R63-LROR)" will give information on how to reach the registrar - see http://www.pir.org/cgi-bin/whois.cgi?yes_popup_flag=0&whois_query_field= registrar+id+R63-LROR. I will pass on your offer of career advice ;-) Regards, Bruce Bruce W. Beckwith VP, Operations Public Interest Registry 1775 Wiehle Avenue Suite 102A Reston, VA 20190 v: +1 703.464.7005 x105 bbeckwith@pir.org -----Original Message----- From: Michael Lewinski [mailto:mike@rockynet.com] Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 6:19 PM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Stupid .org registry code change During the recent changes to .org, whois stopped being useful for what I need.
Sponsoring Registrar:R11-LROR
All I really want to know is the Registrar's name/URL to tell my client so they can modify their nameservers. Does anyone have: 1) A URL to the table that will allow me to lookup a name from the above code (or better, a hack to whois that will do said lookup for me)? 2) The e-mail address where I should my suggestion that the person who came up with this brilliant scheme needs to pursue a new career in a non-IT related field? TIA, Mike