They've closed off direct access to the whois query CGI. Are these
people just fantastically stupid or are they maniacally controlling?
Do they have ANY idea how much stuff closing off the WHOIS CGI probably
breaks?
Jesus, I *hate* Network Solutions.
Can't wait for this week's NTKnow. Blast 'em again!
-Ian.
Jesse wrote:
>
> On Mon, Mar 22, 1999 at 05:56:57PM -0500, Robert S. Thau wrote:
> > Trying 198.41.0.6...Connected to rs.internic.net.
> > Escape character is '^]'.
> >
> > *********************************************
> > * This service is no longer available.
> > * Please use http://www.networksolutions.com
> > *********************************************
> >
> > FYI, they seem to have thought better of this... whois (or direct
> > telnet to the nicname port on rs.internic.net) is working for me
> > now ("telnet 198.41.0.6 nicname" followed by "domain redhat.com"
> > yields a database record...).
> >
> whois service was not disrupted as far as i can tell...Just the
> regular-old telnet-in interface.
>
> > Methinks some marketing loon got out of hand...
> >
> > rst
> >
> >