ROTFL.... is this for real? or are you trying to pull a fast one here ;) None of these are possible responses from the real programs.
BTW check out www.xwhois.com for whois info, and www.network-tools.com for a sometimes working ping tool ;) Ambar Roy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bhaskar Dutta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Linux-Delhi mailing list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 12:34 AM Subject: Re: [ilugd] Re: two questions > > Hi, > > I tried out the two questions posed on ping and > whois. I got some suspiciously funny results which I > would like to share with you people. Could anyone > please enlighten me further .... > > $ whois inria.fr > > Result: [translated from french by a helpful friend] > Dude, You seem to be from India. INRIA is in France. > Unless you have achieved geekdom, INRIA wouldn't take > you as a researcher. Moreover, we don't speak english > so how the hell are going to manage here?? Please > don't waste your time in asking who is INRIA. Call +33 > 1 39 63 55 11 if you want to know more! > [in plain words, lay off!] > > $ whois case.edu.pk > > Result: You seem to be from India. CASE is in > _Pakistan_. Don't you know we don't admit Indian > students here! Please...... > [in plain words, lay off!] > > > $ whois yahoo.com > > Result: YET ANOTHER HIERARCHICAL OFFICIOUS ORACLE > sung: yah-hooooooooo [wanna know more ?!] > > > What the hell is goin on? Is my computer nuts or are > these standard replies?? Please help me, O > knowledgeable LUGians. > > After the whois session, i tried ping. You guys won't > believe what strange results I got! All I got was a > string of pongs! Like this... > > $ ping www.case.edu.pk > Result: pong.... > > $ ping www.case.edu.pk > Result: pong pong.... > > $ ping www.case.edu.pk > Result: pong pong pong.... > > $ ping www.case.edu.pk > Result: pong pong pong pong.... > > $ ping www.case.edu.pk > Result: pong pong pong pong.... > > $ ping www.case.edu.pk > Result: AREN'T YOU TIRED PLAYING PING PONG.... > > > Someone please tell me whether this is the antic of > some unknown ICMP virus or something supernatural.... > > > Regards, > Bhaskar. > > > --- Spoonman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 11:58:45AM +0530, Sandip > > Bhattacharya wrote: > > Sandip>Arshad H. Siddiqui wrote: > > Sandip> > > Sandip>>Q1. The whois utility translates between > > domain names and organizations. > > Sandip>>Read the man page of whois and experiment > > it. Try whois inria.fr, whois > > Sandip>>case.edu.pk, whois yahoo.com and give your > > results. > > Sandip>> > > Sandip>>Q2. The ping utility can be used to measure > > the round trip time between > > Sandip>>Internet hosts. Read the man page for > > details on the options used to > > Sandip>>control ping. What the -s option is for? Try > > ping www.case.edu.pk -s, > > Sandip>>ping www.geocities.com and give summary of > > results in each case. > > > > Looks coming straight out of a Assignement. dude, > > the answers > > are stated right inside the questions. > > > > Do what the question says RTFM. More polietly, > > Please Read the > > Fine Man page. > > > > If you have acces to a linux box just open a > > console/term window and > > type > > > > man whois > > man ping > > > > > ===== > --------------------------- > Bhaskar Dutta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > GPG = AA56 1EB5 D7E8 DD9C 298E 8F4D 375F D416 01D5 671C > --------------------------- > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! > Messenger http://mail.messenger.yahoo.co.uk > > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > _______________________________________________ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
