I have tried registering a .com name and had it fail, then checked on some
names that were registered a couple of days ago and Whois shows them as
available but the whois database has a last update of 6/28/01. That would be
a big problem. The names are correct in the root servers however so I know
they have been properly registered.
It isn't just at OpenSRS, the whois fails at internic reports:
Whois Server Version 1.3
Domain names in the .com, .net, and .org domains can now be registered
with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
for detailed information.
No match for domain "<snip>.COM".
>>> Last update of whois database: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 02:04:50 EDT <<<
This was returned at Sun, 01 Jul 2001 00:24:00 EDT.
Same result on Sun, 01 Jul 2001 13:15:00 EDT.
My hunch is that if the internic whois is failing, new registrations should
be impossible.
John
---
John Blakney <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Visual Database Systems / Little Rock
(501) 376-2091
