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Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 16:07:31 -0400
From: "Bob Johnson" <fbsdlists@gmail.com>
To: "Evren Yurtesen" <yurtesen@ispro.net>
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Subject: Re: whois weirdness...
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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
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