Re: Internic hosage (fwd)

[Dean Robb <pceasy () norfolk infi net>]

At 10:54 3/19/98 -0500, Eric Eden wrote:
> Dalvenjah,
>
> Thanks for your feedback.  Network Solutions served over
> 35 million WHOIS queries in the month of January 1998.
> The average response time for our WHOIS service is less 
> than 5 seconds per query.

Thank you for the statistics.  Not sure of their applicability, but it's
nice to know just how heavily used this database is.  Hmmm...one would
think that if it's that heavily hit, maybe there would be some interest in
keeping it accurate, yes?

> Please keep in mind that Network Solutions is not the 
> registry for the .to domain.  We recommend you contact 
> the Tonic registry for information about .TO domain names.
> Their web site is www.tonic.to

And it's the Kingdom of Tonga's domain, for which Tonic is merely the
Registry.

However, the point has been completely missed here, Eric.  The point Dal
was making is that Perhaps.youwant.to FALSIFIED, LIED, FORGED, STOLE,
MISAPPROPRIATED, and otherwise BS'd about their WhoIs entry: 

[No name] PERHAPS-HST

   Hostname: PERHAPS.YOUWANT.TO
   Address: 205.166.250.10
   System: ? running ?

   Coordinator:
      HOST Networks-DNS Administration  HNA-ORG  hostmaster () HOST NET
      800-697-2437
Fax- 800-697-2437

   Record last updated on 16-Mar-98.
   Database last updated on 20-Mar-98 04:11:54 EDT.

[perhaps.youwant.to]
Translated Name: perhaps.youwant.to
IP Address: 207.89.50.3

Internet Gateway Connections (NETBLK-IGC-FL-BLK-1)
        10011 Pines Boulevard - Suite 203
        Pembroke Pines, Florida 33024

        Netname: IGC-FL-BLK-1
        Netblock: 207.89.0.0 - 207.89.127.255
        Maintainer: IGCN

        Coordinator:
           Master, Host  (HM511-ARIN)  mike () WEB2000 NET
           305-655-2955 (FAX) 305-652-5090

        Domain System inverse mapping provided by:

        NS3.WEB2000.NET              207.89.0.10
        NS4.WEB2000.NET              207.89.0.30

        Record last updated on 17-Aug-96.
        Database last updated on 19-Mar-98 16:08:42 EDT.

Traceroute confirms that youwant.to is hosted by Web2000.net.  The
WhoIs-listed IP is user.host.net, the machine on which Host.Net runs their
webpage, FTP, et al.  Not real likely they'd give that out for a hosted
domain's IP.

So....four days ago, youwant.to [side issue:  Why does a machine,
"perhaps", have a host entry in WhoIs, but the domain, "youwant.to" not?]
updated their WhoIs record with a bunch of lies.  THAT is the point, and
the problem.  What is NSI/InterNIC going to do about it, Eric? 

> Regards,
>
> Eric Eden                     
> Senior Analyst                    Network Solutions, Inc. 
> Phone: 703-925-6710               erice () internic net

Spam:  it's not just for breakfast anymore....

Dean Robb
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