I'm feeling really dumb asking this, but how does one get host info out of Network Solutions WHOIS these days? I want to look up the contact info on a host. I can get the IP from the hostname and vice-versa along with the registrar, but I can't figure out how to get the full record. "Nameserver" queries don't seem to work on whois.networksolutions.com anymore, and the records for zones that I know use the server no longer include the NIC handle for the nameservers. How do I get the record? Or get the NIC handle to get the record through WHOIS? (And I though netsol _used to_ suck. Thank goodness ICANN is saving us all.) -- Crist J. Clark | cjclark@alum.mit.edu | cjclark@jhu.edu http://people.freebsd.org/~cjc/ | cjc@freebsd.org
Which domain/host do you need record for? I can try to find info through some backdoors but even that may not work any more... And do note that system with dns hosts & ips has changed as of year ago, ips are no longer needed for registered hosts (unless the domain is also the same the nameservers listed for it), dns servers must lookup proper ip of nameserver by resolving host names. And if change is needed for ip (when for host in the same domain), it is done through interface provided by the registrar that is related to that domain. As such almost all registrars no longer associate contacts with hosts but only associate hosts with their proper domains and often do not even list ip there. On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Crist J. Clark wrote:
I'm feeling really dumb asking this, but how does one get host info out of Network Solutions WHOIS these days?
I want to look up the contact info on a host. I can get the IP from the hostname and vice-versa along with the registrar, but I can't figure out how to get the full record. "Nameserver" queries don't seem to work on whois.networksolutions.com anymore, and the records for zones that I know use the server no longer include the NIC handle for the nameservers.
How do I get the record? Or get the NIC handle to get the record through WHOIS? (And I though netsol _used to_ suck. Thank goodness ICANN is saving us all.)
On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 05:25:15PM -0800, Crist J. Clark wrote:
I'm feeling really dumb asking this, but how does one get host info out of Network Solutions WHOIS these days?
I want to look up the contact info on a host. I can get the IP from the hostname and vice-versa along with the registrar, but I can't figure out how to get the full record. "Nameserver" queries don't seem to work on whois.networksolutions.com anymore, and the records for zones that I know use the server no longer include the NIC handle for the nameservers.
I usually use 'whois.crsnic.net': jazz% whois -h whois.crsnic.net ns1.dreamhost.com Whois Server Version 1.3 Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net for detailed information. Server Name: NS1.DREAMHOST.COM IP Address: 66.33.206.206 Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC. Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com Referral URL: http://www.networksolutions.com What's odd is that the Network Solutions whois server doesn't give out this information anymore, even for domains registered through NetSol / Verisign. jazz% whois -h whois.networksolutions.com "HOST ns1.dreamhost.com" [snip disclaimer] No match for host "NS1.DREAMHOST.COM". This format used to work. -- "Since when is skepticism un-American? Dissent's not treason but they talk like it's the same..." (Sleater-Kinney - "Combat Rock")
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