Geez. Not only that but ns1 is the primary and used to get listed first, now it's listed second. Which nameserver is the primary and which is/are secondaries is what you are asked when you register the domain and the informationn as to which one was which was only stored in one place anywhere - in whois. It was handy for building stuff from scratch after horrible things happened to peoples dns servers and all config info was lost. So it looks like two bugs to fix. Oh well, at least the output format is fixed in the registrar portion of whois. At 07:12 PM 4/30/00 -0400, you wrote: >I've just noticed something very strange. We manage the earth-net.net >domain on behalf of the estate of John Hunt. We recently paid NSI the >regular yearly fee and check the whois database on a regular bases for the >various domain under our administration. > >if you enter the following string > >whois -h rs.internic.net earth-net.net > >you get the following valid reply: > > Domain Name: EARTH-NET.NET > Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC. > Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com > Referral URL: www.networksolutions.com > Name Server: NS3.VRX.NET > Name Server: NS1.VRX.NET > Updated Date: 24-apr-2000 > >However if you add a period at the end of earth-net.net and issue the >following whois request > >whois -h rs.internic.net earth-net.net. > >you get the following invalid reply: > > Domain Name: EARTH-NET.NET > Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC. > Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com > Referral URL: www.networksolutions.com > Name Server: NS2.CHANNELSPACE.COM > Name Server: NS1.VRX.NET > Updated Date: 24-apr-2000 > >ns2.channelspace.com has nothing to do with earth-net.net - so does anyone >know what's up in this case? > >Regards >Joe Baptista > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ph-1.613.473.1719 It's about travel on expense accounts to places with good beer. - BKR
