RE: [ga] WHOIS data on .org domains

[Joe Baptista <baptista@dot-god.com>]

incidnetally dnspolcy.com/org i think were once registered to william x.
walsh.  oh no - i've said the evil name.

Joe Baptista - only at www.baptista.god

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On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, Michael D. Palage wrote:

> I think I have to continue to disagree with you on this one Danny.
>
> Thin registry data has historically been the following fields:
>
> Domain Name;
> Registrar;
> Whois Server;
> Referral URL;
> Primary Name Server;
> Secondary Name Server;
> Status
> Creation Date
> Last Update
>
>
> See for example the printout from VeriSign Registry for DNSPolicy.com (I
> actually like the .org extension but both second level domain names are
> great domain names, let me know if you ever decide to give it up)
>
>    Domain Name: DNSPOLICY.COM
>    Registrar: MELBOURNE IT, LTD. D/B/A INTERNET NAMES WORLDWIDE
>    Whois Server: whois.melbourneit.com
>    Referral URL: http://www.melbourneit.com
>    Name Server: NS1.ULTSEARCH.COM
>    Name Server: NS2.ULTSEARCH.COM
>    Status: ACTIVE
>    Updated Date: 15-may-2002
>    Creation Date: 15-may-2002
>    Expiration Date: 15-may-2003 (NEWLY ADDED)
>
>
>
> Lets go through these data points one at a time:
>
> Domain name:
>
> There seems to be a domain name match between your original printout and
> Register.com's thick whois output.
>
>
> Registrar of record:
>
> Your original Whois printout stated - Sponsoring Registrar:R71-LROR
> This corresponds to Register.com's ID (see
> http://www.pir.org/whois/registrar_list)
> So this seems to be accurate.
>
> Whois Server:
>
> Your original Whois printout stated - whois.register.com
> This also corresponds with Register.com thick whois output
> So this seems to be accurate
>
>
> Referral URL:
>
> Your original Whois printout stated - www.register.com
> This also corresponds with Register.com's thick Whois output
> So this seems to be accurate
>
>
> Creation Date:
>
> Your original Whois printout stated - Created On:04-Jul-2002 04:11:45 UTC
> According to Register.com's thick Whois data - July 4, 2002
> So this seems to be accurate
>
>
> Primary/Secondary DNS:
>
> Your original Whois printout stated - DNS3.REGISTER.COM and
> DNS4.REGISTER.COM
> According to Register.com's thick Whois data  your primary and secondary DNS
> is in fact DNS3.REGISTER.COM and DNS4.REGISTER.COM
> So this seems to be accurate
>
>
> If I missed something please let me know. I agree that the Whois output from
> the thick registry is very confusing to a normal user. Hopefully with the
> transition to a thick registry this problem will be resolved quickly.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Mike
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: DannyYounger@cs.com [mailto:DannyYounger@cs.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 10:40 AM
> > To: michael@palage.com; ga@dnso.org
> > Subject: Re: [ga] WHOIS data on .org domains
> >
> >
> > Michael,
> >
> > Even the "thin" data is incorrect.  I thought that the migration
> > was supposed
> > to be "seamless".
> >
>
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