> While trying to retrieve the contact information via PIR's whois, the > following info is produced: > > Registrant Name: CONTACT NOT AUTHORITATIVE > Registrant Street1: Whois Server:whois.opensrs.net > Registrant Street2: Referral URL:http://www.opensrs.org > > The "CONTACT NOT AUTHORITATIVE" was quite helpful...
This has been discussed quite a bit here recently. .org is migrating from a thin to thick registry. The "contact not authoritative" and "Whois Server:" tell you to check elsewhere for the WHOIS information for this domain. As soon as the data is imported to PIR's WHOIS database, "contact not authoritative" and "Whois Server/Referral URL" should go away. > So, I turned to the RWI for help, and was greeted with the following > information (or lack thereof): > > Error > Could not get domain status That is because of this... Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2003 11:26:05 -0500 From: OpenSRS Replies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: OpenSRS Live Reseller Update [URGENT]- 02/08/03 Greetings, Please find the following update regarding Tucows OpenSRS. 1. Affilias Outage ---------------- Please be advised that the Affilias Registry is currently down. This effects all operations of .vc,.org and .info TLD's. Affilias is aware of the problem, and is currently working to remedy the outage. This outage affects all Registrars/Resellers equally. We will notify you when the registry returns to normal operations. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
