Re: [PLUG] .us second level domains broken?

[Mark Schonbach <mark@markbach.com>]

I wasn't aware that .us was opened up.

[~] > whois de.us
This TLD has no whois server.

I know there's whois.nic.gov for government stuff, not sure if there's a
similar whois server for .us.

On Tue, 25 Dec 2001, gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:

> They should have a record of some kind (who the authoritative DNS
> for the zone is and maybe MXes as well), and they should
> *definitely* have a valid whois registration. If whois.isi.edu's
> no longer the right place, then what is? Is there a whois.<state>.us?
> (Doesn't seem to be, so... should there be?) I pretty much ignored
> the "second level .us is being opened up" announcements, though I
> seem to recall they went past. Anybody remember who's authoritative
> for those zones now?
>
> Also, even if you don't have them cached, someone between you and
> their root may well.
>
> (This all started because a host a few levels down within wi.us,
> which a friend of mine used to use regularly with no trouble, no
> longer resolves properly. It may be a more local problem, which is
> why I'm asking for a sanity check. :^>)
>
> --
> gabriel rosenkoetter
> gr@eclipsed.net
>


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