Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 19:31:19 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> Cc: NoP / Compiler <nop@todolinux.org>, freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: redhat.org???? Message-ID: <20000517193119.B232@parish> In-Reply-To: <26988.958551544@localhost>; from jkh@zippy.cdrom.com on Wed, May 17, 2000 at 01:19:04AM -0700 References: <391E8111.CBB9E4E@todolinux.org> <26988.958551544@localhost>
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On Wed, May 17, 2000 at 01:19:04AM -0700, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> >
> > I can't understand why FreeBSD has registered redhat.org and
> > has put into that domain freebsd pages... It does not give a
> > good image of FreeBSD, IMHO.
>
> "FreeBSD" has done no such thing and I can't understand why you could
> even infer such a thing from the available evidence:
>
He may have been referring to a post on -chat on 18/4 entitled ``Whoa!'':
It's amazing what a typo will get you...
howardjp@byzantine:~$ nslookup www.redhat.org
Server: ns2.umd.edu
Address: 128.8.76.2
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: freefall.freebsd.org
Address: 204.216.27.21
Aliases: www.redhat.org, www.freebsd.org
howardjp@byzantine:~$
I tried it at the time and got the same response, but not anymore:
parish:/usr/marko{61}% nslookup www.redhat.org
Server: americium.btinternet.com
Address: 194.73.73.94
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: www.portal.redhat.com
Addresses: 206.132.41.202, 206.132.41.203, 206.132.41.231
Aliases: www.redhat.org, www.redhat.com
parish:/usr/marko{62}%
> % whois redhat.org
> ...
> TotalConnect Internet (REDHAT3-DOM)
> 3715 Blenkinsop Rd.
> Victoria, BC V8P-3P2
>
> As even the most elementary research shows, this is clearly a Canadian
> site. It has absolutely nothing to do with the FreeBSD Project, nor
> does:
>
> Huot, Marc (MHH155) marc@DREAMFORGE.NET
> 3715 Blenkinsop Rd.
> Victoria
> BC
> V8P-3P2
>
> Visiting dreamforge.net's web site also does not indicate that there
> is any connection between this site and FreeBSD in any official way.
>
> This is the Internet. Until Network Solutions changes their
> registration policy, people can register whichever domains they damn
> well please, including pepsi.net or iamlinustorvalds.com, and point
> them wherever they want them to point. None of this, however, has
> anything to do with the FreeBSD project, it's nothing that the FreeBSD
> project can change and I'm mystified that anyone could ever think
> otherwise.
>
> - Jordan
>
>
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