Some more details: http://www.cluebot.com/article.pl?sid=00/11/03/1852255 On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 12:42:36PM +0100, Tom Vogt wrote: > > it seems that core (i.e. the root servers) has deleted the entry for > vote-auction.com - while the whois still works and their primary > nameserver (in austria) still resolves, a regular lookup returns with > "host unknown". > > rumour has it that core carved in to demand by most possibly the feds. > here in europe the sentiment today is that by doing so core has stopped > being (if it ever was) an independent and purely technical instance and > has entered the realm of politics. for example, no matter whether or not > vote-auction.com is or is not illegal in the US, what business has a US > court or lea in blocking the site for *me* (in germany) or, for that > matter, the rest of the planet? >