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Re: InterNIC "whois server <handle>" broke?
From: Marc Slemko <marcs () znep com>
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 11:37:23 -0800 (PST)
On Fri, 18 Dec 1998, Derek Balling wrote:
But why not the following syntax: (and I admit, I've never used "whois server server-handle" before, but always the below syntax) [dredd@lawgiver dredd]$ whois conch-hst [rs.internic.net] [No name] (CONCH-HST) Hostname: CONCH.AA.MSEN.COM Address: 148.59.1.20 System: ASA Pentium running BSDI UNIX <snip>
[...]
: dns:~ $ whois server conch-hst : No match for server "CONCH-HST".
[...] You are missing the whole point of what he is trying to do. Originally (well, a while back), "whois server foo-hst" would return a list of up to 256 domains using that nameserver for their ns records. Then it was changed so it only returned 100 or something on that order. Now that this feature is gone, if you want to do this then you either have to beg the InterNIC to send you a list (if it is your server) and wait around hoping they will respond or beg them to give you ftp access to the zone file then download the whole thing and grep it.
Current thread:
- InterNIC "whois server <handle>" broke? Jeffrey Haas (Dec 18)
- Re: InterNIC "whois server <handle>" broke? Jeffrey Haas (Dec 18)
- Re: InterNIC "whois server <handle>" broke? Derek Balling (Dec 18)
- Re: InterNIC "whois server <handle>" broke? Jeffrey Haas (Dec 18)
- Re: InterNIC "whois server <handle>" broke? Derek Balling (Dec 18)
- Re: InterNIC "whois server <handle>" broke? Marc Slemko (Dec 18)
- Re: InterNIC "whois server <handle>" broke? Derek Balling (Dec 18)
- Re: InterNIC "whois server <handle>" broke? Jeffrey Haas (Dec 18)
- Re: InterNIC "whois server <handle>" broke? Phil Howard (Dec 18)
- Re: InterNIC "whois server <handle>" broke? Marc Slemko (Dec 18)
- Re: InterNIC "whois server <handle>" broke? Jeffrey Haas (Dec 18)
- Re: InterNIC "whois server <handle>" broke? Jeffrey Haas (Dec 18)
- Re: InterNIC "whois server <handle>" broke? John Todd (Dec 18)
- Re: InterNIC "whois server <handle>" broke? Phil Howard (Dec 18)
- Re: InterNIC "whois server <handle>" broke? Alex Bligh (Dec 18)
- Re: InterNIC "whois server <handle>" broke? Michael P. Lyle (Dec 18)
- Re: InterNIC "whois server <handle>" broke? Jeffrey Haas (Dec 18)
- Re: InterNIC "whois server <handle>" broke? Jeffrey Haas (Dec 22)
- Re: InterNIC "whois server <handle>" broke? Marc Slemko (Dec 18)