a lookup mystery. Very strange. yes/no? Does the domain exist or not?
Joseph S D Yao
jsdy at cospo.osis.gov
Fri Jul 7 20:09:50 UTC 2000
On Fri, Jul 07, 2000 at 03:47:03PM +1000, Robert Chalmers wrote:
> I am coming across something I can't explain.
>
> If I lookup a domain with whois, it can say "No match"....
>
> Yes, nslookup returns a match, and a ping finds it.
> Even if I try other whois servers, it still wont match, yet nslookup can
> find it. How is this so?
>
> For example, I tried NS1.SILVERSCANS.COM and whois tells me "No match..."
> Yet nslookup and ping both tell me it's is indeed there?
> (The name is nothing special, just a random selection from the nsiregistry)
>
> Does anyone thne know of a definitive way of determining whether a domain
> actually exists or not?
> Because this must be making one hell of a mess of all those domain name
> registration companies...
>
> You do a whois lookup. Ho! its free. You try to register, and suddenly ...
> woh! who's that trying to steal our domain...
>
> Anyone heard of any sloutions to this???/
>
> Thanks
> Cheers
> Robert
You are trying to look up a HOST. Very few hosts are in WHOIS. Try
doing a 'whois silverscans.com'. You should get a result something
like:
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[whois.crsnic.net]
Whois Server Version 1.1
Domain names in the .com, .net, and .org domains can now be registered
with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
for detailed information.
Domain Name: SILVERSCANS.COM
Registrar: ALABANZA, INC.
Whois Server: whois.bulkregister.com
Referral URL: www.bulkregister.com
Name Server: NS1.SWBELL.NET
Name Server: NS1.CALABASA.COM
Updated Date: 05-jul-2000
>>> Last update of whois database: Fri, 7 Jul 00 04:55:43 EDT <<<
The Registry database contains ONLY .COM, .NET, .ORG, .EDU domains and
Registrars.
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Then we can try the indicated whois server:
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[whois.bulkregister.com]
calabasa.com (SILVERSCANS-COM-DOM)
1420 S Saint Louis Ave
Tulsa, OK 74120
US
Domain Name: SILVERSCANS.COM
Administrative Contact:
Chris Silvernail (CS917-BR) bluejettas at hotmail.com
bluejetta.com
1427 S Rockford Ave
Tulsa, OK 74120
US
Phone- 918-587-1656
Fax-
Technical Contact:
Corey Roth (CR285-BR) corey at calabasa.com
calabasa.com
1420 S St Louis Ave
Tulsa, OK 74120
US
Phone- (918) 640-5299
Fax- (810) 963-0158
Record updated on 2000-06-12.
Record created on 2000-06-12.
Record expires on 2001-06-12.
Database last updated on 2000-07-07 03:49:27 EST.
Domain servers in listed order:
NS1.SWBELL.NET 151.164.1.1
NS1.CALABASA.COM 64.216.180.69
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Joe Yao jsdy at cospo.osis.gov - Joseph S. D. Yao
COSPO/OSIS Computer Support EMT-B
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