On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 02:24:29PM -0500, Brown, James (Jim) wrote: > Following up on earlier post. FreeBSD whois defaults > to whois.crsnic.net > > It appears that whois.crsnic.net is owned:
It appears you have no idea what you are talking about. > whois -h whois.crsnic.net microsoft.com > > Whois Server Version 1.3 > > Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered > with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net > for detailed information. > > MICROSOFT.COM.ZZZ.IS.0WNED.AND.HAX0RED.BY.SUB7.NET > MICROSOFT.COM.WILL.LIVE.FOREVER.BECOUSE.UNIXSUCKS.COM > MICROSOFT.COM.WILL.CRASH.IN.6MN.ORG > MICROSOFT.COM.WILL.BE.SLAPPED.IN.THE.FACE.BY.MY.BLUE.VEINED.SPANNER.NET > MICROSOFT.COM.WILL.BE.BEATEN.WITH.MY.SPANNER.NET > MICROSOFT.COM.WAREZ.AT.TOPLIST.GULLI.COM > MICROSOFT.COM.WANADOODOO.COM None of which are within the namespace of the 'microsoft.com' domain. This is normal and expected behaviour. Your whois query searches for the _substring_ 'microsoft.com' and returns all matches. If I owned the domain 'example.net' I could set up a record 'thrupoint.net.makes.a.really.bad.example.net' and a whois query for the substring 'thrupoint.net' would later find it. It would _not_ be a sign that I somehow managed to hack the whois servers. It would only show that within the namespace of a domain I own I can put whatever names I damn well please. Regards, Alex. -- "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." -- Thomas A. Edison _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
