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[Barry Margolin]

In article <4.3.1.2.20000409102613.045ab100 at mail.Go2France.com>,
Len Conrad  <lconrad at Go2France.com> wrote:
>
>> > Where would I put platform information in my BIND files?  When doing a
>> > host lookup on my nameservers I get a reply with "System: ? running ?".
>> > How do I get it to show what I am running?
>>
>>What do you mean by a "host lookup"?
>>
>>My only guess is that you're using some sort of lookup tool that wants to
>>see HINFO records.
>
>I think Jason means when he does an Internic "whois host" lookup, the 
>record does not show his hosts' system and OS details.
>
>These fields are not asked for on any the NetSol HOST registration form 
>I've ever used, so does this mean whois grabs the system and OS data from 
>the authoritative nameserver for a  HOST?

Once upon a time they requested that information on the host template.
They stopped doing this over 5 years ago, and the '?' fields show up in any
hosts that have been registered since then.

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Barry Margolin, barmar at genuity.net
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