Just use register domain interface not whois interface to see the true
availability of a domain.
Whois is usually at least a day behind
Cheers
Genie Livingstone
eyeondomain.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mr. Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2001 1:13 AM
Subject: expired domain names
> How are expired domains being registered before NSI registry updates?
> I was watching a few domains this week that were expired, and every single
> one of them
> were registered by a new party BEFORE the morning's NSI registry update.
>
> for example ANIMEPICTURES.COM:
> As of June 2nd its record looked like this:
>
> Domain Name: ANIMEPICTURES.COM
> Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC.
> Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com
> Referral URL: http://www.networksolutions.com
> Name Server: DNS.BTB.NET
> Name Server: NS2.EXODUS.NET
> Updated Date: 27-may-2001
>
> >>> Last update of whois database: Sat, 2 Jun 2001 02:02:46 EDT <<<
>
>
> then 10 seconds AFTER the morning update on June 3rd:
>
> Domain Name: ANIMEPICTURES.COM
> Registrar: A TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, INC.
> Whois Server: whois.namesystem.com
> Referral URL: http://www.NameSystem.com
> Name Server: No nameserver
> Updated Date: 02-jun-2001
>
> >>> Last update of whois database: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 02:01:06 EDT <<<
>
> As far as we could tell, this domain was never "available" at NSI
registry.
>
> Another good example is PERSONALWEBPAGES.COM
> it went ONHOLD 5/26 was re-registered on 6/1 but did not show any new
> whois information until 6/2
> Again, a day after the record changed!
>
> It was my understanding that domains that were expired for 30-40 days were
> placed ONHOLD for 5-7 days before
> being finally deleted from NSIregistry and thus becoming available to the
> public again. All I have seen this week
> is domains being re-registered BEFORE NSI registry shows any change in
records.
>
> Am I at fault for waiting for changes at whois.crsnic.net as evidence of
> availablility?
> When ONHOLD domains are completely available to re-register, where does
> this information show first?
>
>
>
