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

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