<div dir="ltr">Thanks for the tip Shane. /etc/whois.conf didn't exist in my Ubuntu instance, however creating the file and adding the line as you suggested worked!<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><br><div>Shaun Haddrill</div><div><br></div><div>Treasurer,</div><div>Electronic Frontiers Australia</div><div><br></div><div>Email: <a href="mailto:treasurer@efa.org.au" target="_blank">treasurer@efa.org.au</a></div><div>website: <a href="http://www.efa.org.au" target="_blank">www.efa.org.au</a></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 11 Oct 2019 at 17:27, Shane Chrisp <<a href="mailto:shane@2000cn.com.au">shane@2000cn.com.au</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 11/10/19 2:10 pm, Rob Thomas wrote:<br>
<br>
In the meantime, its a trivial task to add the below to /etc/whois.conf<br>
<br>
\.au <a href="http://whois.auda.org.au" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">whois.auda.org.au</a><br>
<br>
Shane<br>
<br>
<br>
> You'd think they would have done something like 'Hey. This has<br>
> changed. Use this server instead' rather than just deleting the DNS<br>
> record.<br>
><br>
> Now I have to go open bug tickets with a bunch of distros to get their<br>
> whois updated. 8-\<br>
><br>
> --Rob<br>
><br>
> On Fri, 11 Oct 2019 at 15:40, David Keegel <<a href="mailto:djk@keegel.id.au" target="_blank">djk@keegel.id.au</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Yes, like James said, <a href="http://whois.auda.org.au" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">whois.auda.org.au</a> is the right answer.<br>
>><br>
>> Although I would use<br>
>> $ whois -h <a href="http://whois.auda.org.au" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">whois.auda.org.au</a> <a href="http://news.com.au" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">news.com.au</a><br>
>> or<br>
>> $ jwhois <a href="http://news.com.au" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">news.com.au</a><br>
>> rather than<br>
>> $ telnet <a href="http://whois.auda.org.au" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">whois.auda.org.au</a> 43<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="http://Whois.audns.net.au" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">Whois.audns.net.au</a> was grandfathered for over 12 months, but<br>
>> auDA decided enough time has passed now since they changed<br>
>> to using <a href="http://whois.auda.org.au" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">whois.auda.org.au</a> when Afilias took over in 2018.<br>
>><br>
>> On Fri, Oct 11, 2019 at 04:15:33AM +0000, James Deck wrote:<br>
>>> Hi all,<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> <a href="https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/au.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/au.html</a><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> You can (should) use <a href="http://whois.auda.org.au" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">whois.auda.org.au</a>:<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> $ telnet <a href="http://whois.auda.org.au" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">whois.auda.org.au</a> 43<br>
>>><br>
>>> Trying 199.15.83.22...<br>
>>><br>
>>> Connected to whois.auda.ltd.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Escape character is '^]'.<br>
>>><br>
>>> <a href="http://news.com.au" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">news.com.au</a><br>
>>><br>
>>> Domain Name: <a href="http://NEWS.COM.AU" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">NEWS.COM.AU</a><br>
>>><br>
>>> Registry Domain ID: D407400000001615931-AU<br>
>>><br>
>>> Registrar WHOIS Server: <a href="http://whois.auda.org.au" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">whois.auda.org.au</a><br>
>>><br>
>>> Registrar URL: <a href="https://www.cscdigitalbrand.services" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.cscdigitalbrand.services</a><br>
>>><br>
>>> Last Modified: 2019-02-26T01:12:18Z<br>
>>><br>
>>> Registrar Name: Corporation Service Company (Aust) Pty Ltd<br>
>>><br>
>>> Registrar Abuse Contact Email: <a href="mailto:domainabuse@cscglobal.com" target="_blank">domainabuse@cscglobal.com</a><br>
>>><br>
>>> Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.8887802723<br>
>>><br>
>>> Reseller Name:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Status: clientDeleteProhibited<br>
>>> <a href="https://afilias.com.au/get-au/whois-status-codes#clientDeleteProhibited" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://afilias.com.au/get-au/whois-status-codes#clientDeleteProhibited</a><br>
>>><br>
>>> Status: serverDeleteProhibited<br>
>>> <a href="https://afilias.com.au/get-au/whois-status-codes#serverDeleteProhibited" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://afilias.com.au/get-au/whois-status-codes#serverDeleteProhibited</a><br>
>>><br>
>>> Status: serverRenewProhibited<br>
>>> <a href="https://afilias.com.au/get-au/whois-status-codes#serverRenewProhibited" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://afilias.com.au/get-au/whois-status-codes#serverRenewProhibited</a><br>
>>><br>
>>> Status: serverUpdateProhibited<br>
>>> <a href="https://afilias.com.au/get-au/whois-status-codes#serverUpdateProhibited" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://afilias.com.au/get-au/whois-status-codes#serverUpdateProhibited</a><br>
>>><br>
>>> Registrant Contact ID: AT2688983299772<br>
>>><br>
>>> Registrant Contact Name: Domain Admin<br>
>>><br>
>>> Tech Contact ID: AT1811166138471<br>
>>><br>
>>> Tech Contact Name: News Limited Domain Manager<br>
>>><br>
>>> Name Server: <a href="http://USC1.AKAM.NET" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">USC1.AKAM.NET</a><br>
>>><br>
>>> Name Server: <a href="http://USC4.AKAM.NET" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">USC4.AKAM.NET</a><br>
>>><br>
>>> Name Server: <a href="http://NS1-24.AKAM.NET" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">NS1-24.AKAM.NET</a><br>
>>><br>
>>> Name Server: <a href="http://NS1-50.AKAM.NET" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">NS1-50.AKAM.NET</a><br>
>>><br>
>>> Name Server: <a href="http://USW1.AKAM.NET" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">USW1.AKAM.NET</a><br>
>>><br>
>>> Name Server: <a href="http://ASIA1.AKAM.NET" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">ASIA1.AKAM.NET</a><br>
>>><br>
>>> DNSSEC: unsigned<br>
>>><br>
>>> Registrant: News Life Media Pty Ltd<br>
>>><br>
>>> Registrant ID: ABN 57088923906<br>
>>><br>
>>> Eligibility Type: Company<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Also available on <a href="https://whois.auda.org.au" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://whois.auda.org.au</a><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
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>>> Sent: Friday, 11 October 2019 2:06 PM<br>
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>>> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] .au whois server is missing, assumed Borg'ed.<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Hey Rob,<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Yeah it looks pretty borg'ed , haven't seen results like this before!<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> P.s; You should still be able to use the whois provided<br>
>>> here <a href="https://whois.auda.ltd/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://whois.auda.ltd/</a><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> image.png<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Kind regards,<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Lachlan<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> On Fri, Oct 11, 2019 at 2:01 PM Rob Thomas <<a href="mailto:xrobau@gmail.com" target="_blank">xrobau@gmail.com</a>><br>
>>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> It looks like someone's broken <a href="http://audns.net.au" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">audns.net.au</a> DNS records, as<br>
>>> everything's missing APART from MX going to outlook.com... I hate to<br>
>>> point the finger at microsoft, but it's oh so easy...<br>
>>> getaddrinfo(<a href="http://whois.audns.net.au" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">whois.audns.net.au</a>): Name or service not known<br>
>>> This site can’t be reached<br>
>>> <a href="http://whois.audns.net.au" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">whois.audns.net.au</a>’s server IP address could not be found.<br>
>>> Try:<br>
>>> Checking the connection<br>
>>> Checking the proxy, firewall and DNS configuration<br>
>>> Running Windows Network Diagnostics<br>
>>> ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED<br>
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