This from the SuSE Linux mail list may help :-)

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Forwarded message from "Lewis E. Wolfgang" <wolfgang@nosc.mil> Something is definitely rotten here. Whois reports: Server Name: SLASHDOT.ORG.SUCKS.COMPARED.TO.JIMPHILLIPS.ORG IP Address: 24.240.60.16 Registrar: TUCOWS, INC. Whois Server: whois.opensrs.net Referral URL: http://www.opensrs.org

Domain Name: SLASHDOT.ORG Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC. Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com Referral URL: http://www.networksolutions.com Name Server: NS1.ANDOVER.NET Name Server: NS2.ANDOVER.NET Updated Date: 13-jun-2001

I've never seen whois report two registrars, especially one that says "SLASHDOT.ORG.SUCKS.COMPARED.TO.JIMPHILLIPS.ORG"

There's nothing rotten there at all. People have had the ability to name their nameservers whatever they wanted for some time, as long as it was one of their TLDs. There have been quite a number of my.domain.rulez.your.domain.sux.dude.we.rule.daves.org type nameserver names for years. Whois is just reporting both matches (both things that contain slashdot.org in the domain or nameserver that are in the database). -george william herbert gherbert@retro.com