In the immortal words of Mitch Collinsworth ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
> I might be missing something but what could you do with the telnet
> interface that you can't do with dig or nslookup? (both CLI)
Er, you're missing quite a bit. whois != dns.
Compare "dig blank.org ns"
;; QUERY SECTION:
;; blank.org, type = NS, class = IN
;; ANSWER SECTION:
blank.org. 2D IN NS NETSYS.COM.
blank.org. 2D IN NS CLUNK.NCRI.COM.
blank.org. 2D IN NS LBO.LEFTBANK.COM.
;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
NETSYS.COM. 2D IN A 199.201.233.10
CLUNK.NCRI.COM. 2D IN A 206.34.194.253
LBO.LEFTBANK.COM. 2D IN A 192.31.227.130
with "whois blank.org"
Registrant:
The Blanks (BLANK3-DOM)
P.O. Box 2033
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Domain Name: BLANK.ORG
Administrative Contact, Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
Mehl, Nathan J (NJM6) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Billing Contact:
Mehl, Nathan J (NJM6) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Record last updated on 02-May-96.
Database last updated on 23-Mar-99 08:53:40 EST.
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