second lookup fails

[Barry Margolin]

In article <a49ejm$jgg at pub3.rc.vix.com>,
Michael Kjorling  <michael at kjorling.com> wrote:
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>dig's +trace option can be quite useful:
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>> [michael at varg michael]$ dig ns.raritanval.edu a +trace
>> ...
>> ns.raritanval.edu.	172800	IN	A	192.231.207.102
>> raritanval.edu.		172800	IN	NS	FORECAST.raritanval.edu.
>> raritanval.edu.		172800	IN	NS	ns.raritanval.edu.
>> ;; Received 120 bytes from 192.33.4.12#53(C.ROOT-SERVERS.NET) in 401 ms
>> [michael at varg michael]$
>
>So it's in the root servers. But:
>
>> [michael at varg michael]$ whois 'host
>ns.raritanval.edu at whois.networksolutions.com'
>> [whois.networksolutions.com]
>> ...
>> No match for host "NS.RARITANVAL.EDU".
>> [michael at varg michael]$
>
>Did you just delete the host record?

Wrong WHOIS server.  It looks like the .EDU registrar is operating a
different WHOIS server now:

% whois -h whois.educause.net host ns.raritanval.edu

This Registry database contains ONLY .EDU domains. 
The data in the EDUCAUSE Whois database is provided 
by EDUCAUSE for information purposes in order to 
assist in the process of obtaining information about 
or related to .edu domain registration records. 

The EDUCAUSE Whois database is authoritative for the 
..EDU domain.         

A Web interface for the .EDU EDUCAUSE Whois Server is 
available at: http://whois.educause.net 

By submitting a Whois query, you agree that this information 
will not be used to allow, enable, or otherwise support 
the transmission of unsolicited commercial advertising or 
solicitations via e-mail.

You may use "%" as a wildcard in your search. For further 
information regarding the use of this WHOIS server, please 
type: help 

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Hostname: NS.RARITANVAL.EDU
IP Address: 192.231.207.102
Added: 3/5/1998
Last Updated: 3/5/1998

Domains in the .EDU namespace associated with this host: 
     RARITANVAL.EDU


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Barry Margolin, barmar at genuity.net
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