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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Not sure what we’re looking at here as well?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.uwhois.com/cgi/whois.cgi?User=&query=microsoft.com">http://www.uwhois.com/cgi/whois.cgi?User=&query=microsoft.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Matthew VK3EVL<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 26 November 2014 1:51 PM<br><b>To:</b> ausnog@lists.ausnog.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] microsoft.com whois<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>putting an = in doesn't change the results I see but now i understand what is going on at least :)<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 26/11/2014 1:40 PM, Damien Gardner Jnr wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>Yeah, unless you put an = before whatever you want to show, actually does a wildcard match. usually there's only one result, so the whois server returns that result. If it returns multiple results, it returns a list, and you need to specifically query with = to get the result you want. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>WHOIS contains both domain names, AND nameserver records. So adding something to the '<a href="http://microsoft.com">microsoft.com</a>' whois is as simple as adding a child nameserver to your domain. :)<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 26 November 2014 at 13:38, Mehmet Akcin <<a href="mailto:mehmet@akcin.net" target="_blank">mehmet@akcin.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>what are we exactly looking here? I am assuming this is about all other subdomains that correlate with <a href="http://microsoft.com" target="_blank">microsoft.com</a> and not about <a href="http://microsoft.com" target="_blank">microsoft.com</a> itself right?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'>Mehmet<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Nov 25, 2014, at 6:32 PM, Damien Gardner Jnr <<a href="mailto:rendrag@rendrag.net" target="_blank">rendrag@rendrag.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hahah, I just put one back for LOL's ;)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 26 November 2014 at 13:32, Andrew Jones <<a href="mailto:aj@jonesy.com.au" target="_blank">aj@jonesy.com.au</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Are you sure? :-P<br><br><a href="http://microsoft.com.zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.lollerskates.rendrag.net/" target="_blank">MICROSOFT.COM.ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.LOLLERSKATES.RENDRAG.NET</a><br><br>On 26.11.2014 13:25, Damien Gardner Jnr wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Lol yeah - I had removed all my old entries probably 10 years ago!<br><br>On 26 November 2014 at 13:23, Scott Howard <<a href="mailto:scott@doc.net.au" target="_blank">scott@doc.net.au</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Hmm.. my calendar must be wrong - it doesn't say 1993.<br><br>This was old news 20 years ago. I'm not sure what you call it now...<br><br> Scott<br><br>On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 6:04 PM, Matthew VK3EVL <<a href="mailto:hitman@itglowz.com" target="_blank">hitman@itglowz.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi all,<br>mildly ammusing but just in case someone from microsoft is on list.<br>I suggest you run a whois against <a href="http://microsoft.com/" target="_blank">microsoft.com</a> [1]<br><br>Cheers<br>Matthew<br>_______________________________________________<br>AusNOG mailing list<br><a href="mailto:AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net" target="_blank">AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net</a><br><a href="http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog" target="_blank">http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog</a> [2]<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>_______________________________________________<br>AusNOG mailing list<br><a href="mailto:AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net" target="_blank">AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net</a><br><a href="http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog" target="_blank">http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog</a> [2]<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>--<br><br>Damien Gardner Jnr<br>VK2TDG. 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GradIEAust<br><a href="mailto:rendrag@rendrag.net" target="_blank">rendrag@rendrag.net</a> - <a href="http://www.rendrag.net/" target="_blank">http://www.rendrag.net/</a> [3]<br>--<br>We rode on the winds of the rising storm,<br> We ran to the sounds of thunder.<br>We danced among the lightning bolts,<br> and tore the world asunder<br><br>Links:<br>------<br>[1] <a href="http://microsoft.com/" target="_blank">http://microsoft.com</a><br>[2] <a href="http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog" target="_blank">http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog</a><br>[3] <a href="http://www.rendrag.net/" target="_blank">http://www.rendrag.net/</a><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>AusNOG mailing list<br><a href="mailto:AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net" target="_blank">AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net</a><br><a href="http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog" target="_blank">http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog</a><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br>_______________________________________________<br>AusNOG mailing list<br><a href="mailto:AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net" target="_blank">AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net</a><br><a href="http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog" target="_blank">http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p>Damien Gardner Jnr<br>VK2TDG. 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