Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 16:07:31 -0400 From: "Bob Johnson" <fbsdlists@gmail.com> To: "Evren Yurtesen" <yurtesen@ispro.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: whois weirdness... Message-ID: <54db43990610231307j47a54cd9qbbb27a3451d32bad@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <453D191B.4000003@ispro.net> References: <453D191B.4000003@ispro.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
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 <yurtesen@ispro.net> 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 "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?54db43990610231307j47a54cd9qbbb27a3451d32bad>