Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 14:35:47 -0800 From: pete wright <nomadlogic@gmail.com> To: Paul Macdonald <paul@ifdnrg.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org>, Andy Tornquist <andyt@afua.net> Subject: Re: more dns weirdness Message-ID: <AANLkTinMZ5KkFOdoBc0mKxiQj=SYW=HD5ozbO1nz9Vbu@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4D015517.3000901@ifdnrg.com> References: <4D013ECD.7090102@ifdnrg.com> <AANLkTikJZafHF5us8b8UszipHDGsVp2G58EkumNvd1s8@mail.gmail.com> <4D015517.3000901@ifdnrg.com>
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On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Paul Macdonald <paul@ifdnrg.com> wrote: > On 09/12/2010 22:01, Andy Tornquist wrote: >> >> Have you tried a different server to query? >> >> > > the wider issue is that freebsd whois will use tld.whois-servers.net cnam= es > to resolve appropriate whois servers and that whois-servers.net has > nameservers from one sole provider (ultradns), =A0which is still having > problems. > > I'm not overally bothered about amazons' whois, but i am concerned about > freebsd's whois being tied to one NS provider (ultradns) which affects di= g's > according to man 1 whois you can specify alternative hosts to query as well as alternative databases. specifically i think the -h switch will be of interest. -pete --=20 pete wright www.nycbug.org
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