Geektools SuperWhois update (re: Internic)
As you by now know, as of two hours ago (Dec 1, EST) Network Solutions changed their whois to "the new form". NSI being their normal secretive selves, it appears that their new whois servers are not giving out the "correct" information. They show the authoritative whois server for their registrar as rs.internic.net, which, of course, shows the same info as crsnic. $ whois geektools.com@rs.internic.net [rs.internic.net] Whois Server Version 1.1 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. Domain Name: GEEKTOOLS.COM Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC. Whois Server: rs.internic.net Referral URL: www.networksolutions.com Name Server: NS1.ULTRADNS.NET Name Server: NS2.ULTRADNS.NET
Last update of whois database: Tue, 30 Nov 99 00:40:30 EST <<<
The Registry database contains ONLY .COM, .NET, .ORG, .EDU domains and Registrars. It appears that whois.networksolutions.com does give the detailed whois data. We can't tell if this is an oversight, or on purpose. None-the-less... We've updated geektools superwhois (both the GUI at www.geektools.com and the command line proxy at whois.geektools.com) to use whois.networksolutions.com when appropriate. This 'breaks' the normal operation of SuperWhois which correctly looks at crsnic first, then the referred server. In this case, crsnic also says rs.internic.net. We'll watch the bouncing ball, and when crsnic starts giving the correct answer (whether whois.networksolutions.com or another) we'll undo the hack. The source tarballs are updated also, showing version 2.2.2. If NSI pulls something else strange, we'll release 2.2.2a pronto. -- Rodney Joffe CenterGate Research Group, LLC. http://www.centergate.com "Technology so advanced, even we don't understand it!"
This is no longer true. For the past 1 1/2 days rs.internic.net has been displaying whois.networksolutions.com as the whois server for NSI-registered domains. Rodney Joffe wrote:
As you by now know, as of two hours ago (Dec 1, EST) Network Solutions changed their whois to "the new form". NSI being their normal secretive selves, it appears that their new whois servers are not giving out the "correct" information. They show the authoritative whois server for their registrar as rs.internic.net, which, of course, shows the same info as crsnic.
$ whois geektools.com@rs.internic.net [rs.internic.net]
Whois Server Version 1.1
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.
Domain Name: GEEKTOOLS.COM Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC. Whois Server: rs.internic.net Referral URL: www.networksolutions.com Name Server: NS1.ULTRADNS.NET Name Server: NS2.ULTRADNS.NET
Last update of whois database: Tue, 30 Nov 99 00:40:30 EST <<<
The Registry database contains ONLY .COM, .NET, .ORG, .EDU domains and Registrars.
It appears that whois.networksolutions.com does give the detailed whois data. We can't tell if this is an oversight, or on purpose. None-the-less...
We've updated geektools superwhois (both the GUI at www.geektools.com and the command line proxy at whois.geektools.com) to use whois.networksolutions.com when appropriate. This 'breaks' the normal operation of SuperWhois which correctly looks at crsnic first, then the referred server. In this case, crsnic also says rs.internic.net. We'll watch the bouncing ball, and when crsnic starts giving the correct answer (whether whois.networksolutions.com or another) we'll undo the hack.
The source tarballs are updated also, showing version 2.2.2. If NSI pulls something else strange, we'll release 2.2.2a pronto.
-- Rodney Joffe CenterGate Research Group, LLC. http://www.centergate.com "Technology so advanced, even we don't understand it!"
Steve Sobol wrote:
This is no longer true. For the past 1 1/2 days rs.internic.net has been displaying whois.networksolutions.com as the whois server for NSI-registered domains.
Thanks. It was corrected on all machines by NSI at about 1:00pm EST on Dec 1st. We then created 2.2.3 with all the final code. We fixed an obscure JP handle, and ARIN handle bug today, and the final source tarball is up as 2.2.4. If you downloaded and use your own copy of the proxy, please download the latest version. Users of the whois.geektools.com proxy will automatically use the latest proxy, of course. One quick note for spam fighters - querying geektools for any domain, followed by the word "abuse" will return the latest know abuse contacts from John Levine's abuse.net database. As in: $ whois "merit.edu abuse"@whois.geektools.com or $ whois -h whois.geektools.com "merit.edu abuse" [whois.geektools.com] Initial server used for this query: whois.abuse.net abuse@merit.edu GeekTools WHOIS Proxy v2.2.4 Brought to you by CenterGate Research Group, LLC. Visit us at www.centergate.com. Note: A blank query to whois.geektools.com will bring up a small option list. As always, please let us know if you want any other changes. -- Rodney Joffe CenterGate Research Group, LLC. http://www.centergate.com "Technology so advanced, even we don't understand it!"
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