Is the InterNIC really screwed in the head?

Ehud Gavron GAVRON at ACES.COM
Sun Mar 9 21:44:56 UTC 1997


Bill Bradford said:
>On Sun, 9 Mar 1997, Ehud Gavron wrote:
>> RFC954 specifies WHOIS.  Client requests, server sends.  Simple, really.
>> $ whois opus4-hst
>> ....
>> Would you like to see registered users of this host?
>> 	WHAT???  My whois client is supposed to search for this string
...
>I think your WHOIS may be messed up:

>(mrbill) staff1:~$ whois opus4-hst

	No, I think yours is.

	% telnet whois.internic.net whois
OPUS4-HST<CR>
[No name] (OPUS4-HST)

   Hostname: NS.OPUS1.COM
   Address: 192.245.12.50
   System: VAX running VMS

   Domain Server

   Record last updated on 13-Feb-94.

Would you like to see the registered users of this host? y<CR>


   No registered users.

The InterNIC Registration Services Host contains ONLY Internet Information
(Networks, ASN's, Domains, and POC's).
Please use the whois server at nic.ddn.mil for MILNET Information.

	Go fix it.
	
	E


>[No name] (OPUS4-HST)

>   Hostname: NS.OPUS1.COM
>   Address: 192.245.12.50
>   System: VAX running VMS

>   Domain Server

>   Record last updated on 13-Feb-94.


>To see this host record with registered users, repeat the command with
>a star ('*') before the name; or, use '%' to show JUST the registered users.

>The InterNIC Registration Services Host contains ONLY Internet Information
>(Networks, ASN's, Domains, and POC's).
>Please use the whois server at nic.ddn.mil for MILNET Information.

>Bill Bradford (BB2623)			Systems Admin, UNIX geek, BOFH
>mrbill at texas.net * mrbill at mrbill.net	Texas Networking, Inc.
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