Hello John,
Whois is not real time, nor is it an indicator of domain availability.
Sunday, July 01, 2001, 10:17:27 AM, John Blakney wrote:
> 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
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> John Blakney <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Visual Database Systems / Little Rock
> (501) 376-2091
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