Bill Jonas wrote: > On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 08:56:43PM -0700, Alan Dayley wrote: >> It appears to only report .com and .net. Can I point it at a different >> server or something to search .org names? > > You should either upgrade to a later version of whois, or use "whois -h > whois.pir.org example.org" to look up example.org's whois info. > > When .org went to a different registrar a couple years ago, its registry > data went to a different whois server as well. If the whois client > you're using doesn't know about the change, you won't be able to look it > up unless you specify the host. > > See also: http://directory.fsf.org/whois.html > You might also try to dig 'em: # dig az.us It will tell you if a name has an active DNS record, although the name could be registered w/out being active. Dig it? :) -- -Eric 'shubes' --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss