Is the InterNIC really screwed in the head?
RFC954 specifies WHOIS. Client requests, server sends. Simple, really. $ whois opus4-hst .... Would you like to see registered users of this host? WHAT??? My whois client is supposed to search for this string and then do interactive input??? HuH?? $ whois pa aces (shows a handful of entries) There are 96 more matches.... would you like these displayed? EH? Anyone else think this is not only a gross violation of an RFC, does a disservice to millions of WHOIS-using users out there, and the final leg of the dissolution of the world? Ehud
On Sun, 9 Mar 1997, Ehud Gavron wrote:
I think your WHOIS may be messed up: (mrbill) staff1:~$ whois opus4-hst [No name] (OPUS4-HST) Hostname: NS.OPUS1.COM Address: 192.245.12.50 System: VAX running VMS Domain Server Record last updated on 13-Feb-94. To see this host record with registered users, repeat the command with a star ('*') before the name; or, use '%' to show JUST the registered users. The InterNIC Registration Services Host contains ONLY Internet Information (Networks, ASN's, Domains, and POC's). Please use the whois server at nic.ddn.mil for MILNET Information. Bill Bradford (BB2623) Systems Admin, UNIX geek, BOFH mrbill@texas.net * mrbill@mrbill.net Texas Networking, Inc. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Un-altered REPRODUCTION and DISSEMINATION of this IMPORTANT Information is ENCOURAGED, ESPECIALLY to COMPUTER BULLETIN BOARDS." -- Robert E. McElwaine
Bill Bradford said:
(mrbill) staff1:~$ whois opus4-hst
No, I think yours is. % telnet whois.internic.net whois OPUS4-HST<CR> [No name] (OPUS4-HST) Hostname: NS.OPUS1.COM Address: 192.245.12.50 System: VAX running VMS Domain Server Record last updated on 13-Feb-94. Would you like to see the registered users of this host? y<CR> No registered users. The InterNIC Registration Services Host contains ONLY Internet Information (Networks, ASN's, Domains, and POC's). Please use the whois server at nic.ddn.mil for MILNET Information. Go fix it. E
[No name] (OPUS4-HST)
Domain Server
Record last updated on 13-Feb-94.
To see this host record with registered users, repeat the command with a star ('*') before the name; or, use '%' to show JUST the registered users.
Just must stop and wonder when I get these messages, it sometimes boggles the mind, the extent of Internet problems that this mailing list is held accountable for. --charles -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles R. Hoynowski (CRH2), domain administrator, various locations Email: charles@etak.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ehud Gavron <GAVRON@ACES.COM> says:
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