Re: whois weirdness...
On 10/23/06 14:33, Evren Yurtesen wrote: Hello, When I do whois from my FreeBSD 6-stable boxes I am receiving funny answers. For example when I do whois microsoft.com I get totally unrelated data. However whois works just as expected from some linux boxes I tried. Can anybody explain why this is happening? Google for: microsoft whois Thanks, Evren ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Regards, Eric ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: whois weirdness...
In the last episode (Oct 23), Evren Yurtesen said: When I do whois from my FreeBSD 6-stable boxes I am receiving funny answers. For example when I do whois microsoft.com I get totally unrelated data. However whois works just as expected from some linux boxes I tried. Can anybody explain why this is happening? whois microsoft.com actually prints more unrelated data on a Debian box than a FreeBSD one (Debian drills into each match where FreeBSD just lists them one per line). If you don't want a substring match, prepend your query with an =: whois =microsoft.com -- Dan Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: whois weirdness...
The BSD whois command doesn't seem to get along well with the Verisign whois server. You get back every domain that includes MICROSOFT.COM in it, e.g. MICROSOFT.COM.FILLS.ME.WITH.BELLIGERENCE.NET, even if you attempt to specify the unique name with something like whois =MICROSOFT.COM A workaround is to use the above form of the command to get a list of whois servers for each of the listed domains, and then query the correct server for the one you are interested in, e.g.: whois -h whois.opensrs.net microsoft.com If that doesn't describe your situation, post an example of the response you get. - Bob On 10/23/06, Evren Yurtesen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, When I do whois from my FreeBSD 6-stable boxes I am receiving funny answers. For example when I do whois microsoft.com I get totally unrelated data. However whois works just as expected from some linux boxes I tried. Can anybody explain why this is happening? Thanks, Evren ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: whois weirdness...
This is a side effect of the balkiization or more accurately, destruction, of the global whois database as a result of the fragmentation of domain name registrations. Registries are required to share whois data - but the requirements are vague. And all the registries hate each other because they think that all the others are going to suck down their whois databases and use them for mass-mailings to try to steal customers. So they bend over backwards to violate the spirit of whois data sharing if not the letter of the requirements. Ted - Original Message - From: Evren Yurtesen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 12:33 PM Subject: whois weirdness... Hello, When I do whois from my FreeBSD 6-stable boxes I am receiving funny answers. For example when I do whois microsoft.com I get totally unrelated data. However whois works just as expected from some linux boxes I tried. Can anybody explain why this is happening? Thanks, Evren ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
