This is a side effect of the "balkiization" or more accurately, destruction, of the global whois database as a result of the fragmentation of domain name registrations.
Registries are required to share whois data - but the requirements are vague. And all the registries hate each other because they think that all the others are going to suck down their whois databases and use them for mass-mailings to try to steal customers. So they bend over backwards to violate the spirit of whois data sharing if not the letter of the requirements. Ted ----- Original Message ----- From: "Evren Yurtesen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 12:33 PM Subject: whois weirdness... > Hello, > > When I do whois from my FreeBSD 6-stable boxes I am receiving funny answers. > > For example when I do whois microsoft.com I get totally unrelated data. However > whois works just as expected from some linux boxes I tried. > > Can anybody explain why this is happening? > > Thanks, > Evren > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
