root.rwhois.net broken

[nanog <nanog () wjp net>]

   Domain Name: RWHOIS.NET
   Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC.
   Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com
   Referral URL: http://www.networksolutions.com
   Name Server: NS1.VERISIGNLABS.COM
   Name Server: NS2.VERISIGNLABS.COM
   Status: REGISTRAR-HOLD
   Updated Date: 15-jul-2003
   Creation Date: 10-jul-1996
   Expiration Date: 09-jul-2004

Registrar-hold?  Nice.  ETA for fix? 

$ host root.rwhois.net
Host root.rwhois.net. not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)

Can anyone from Network Solutions push this fix along?

Or possibly let me know the IP of root.rwhois.net so we can
look up things in the interim?

bill