Ok, I'm looking into this:
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Charles Daminato
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On Wed, 22 May 2002, quicknet wrote:
> Actually i have no idea why it posted a second time that's really wierd.
> I didnt send it twice...
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Chvostek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Charles Daminato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: "quicknet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "opensrs discuss"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 10:01 PM
> Subject: Re: NETSOL NEW WHOIS
>
>
> >
> > On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 11:12:54PM -0400, Charles Daminato wrote:
> > >
> > > If you need a HOST handle, just query whois.crsnic.net - this will work
> > > for all com/net/org HOST handles
> > >
> > > $ whois -h whois.crsnic.net dns1.tucows.com
> >
> > No, Chuck, we covered this yesterday when quicknet sent his message
> > the first time. whois.crsnic.net will provide IP addresses for host
> > names, and host names for IP addresses, but it will not provide the
> > NSI host handle in Verisign Registrar's customer database. That's
> > supposed to come from whois.networksolutions.com with the command line:
> >
> > $ whois -h whois.networksolutions.com "host ns.it.ca"
> >
> > The host handle is a string (/[A-Z]+[0-9]+-HST/) which is a unique key
> > for that record in NSI's database. It can have its own maintainer
> > (which itself is just a pointer to a contact handle), and historically
> > has been used as the data source for the glue with which NSI pollutes
> > the registry.
> >
> > The host handle is necessary if you want to get NetSol to email you a
> > list of domains associated with a particular DNS server. NetSol will
> > provide the information on the phone to anyone who claims to be the
> > owner of the parent domain, but they've removed the lookup capability
> > from their whois server, and currently still claim that it's an error
> > that will be cleared up in the next few months.
> >
> > --
> > Paul Chvostek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> > it.canada http://www.it.ca/
> >
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