On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 09:26:17PM -0600, Bill Weinman wrote: > > At 03:25 AM 3/21/03, Paul Chvostek wrote: > > # whois -h whois.pir.org ho\ unhqint1.un.org > > Keep in mind that, while the contact data may be good the whois record, the > IP information is not. The only authoritative source of name/IP translation > is DNS.
There is no contact information provided for .ORG host records. > Personally, I think the whois servers should just stop giving IP addresses > at all, they are so often wrong. For registrar whois servers, I'd agree, but for registry servers that are *supposed* to be kept up to date, I'd posit that unreliability of a data source is an indication of a problem to be fixed. -- Paul Chvostek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Operations / Abuse / Whatever it.canada, hosting and development http://www.it.ca/
