[AusNOG] .au whois server is missing, assumed Borg'ed.

[Rob Thomas]

You'd think they would have done something like 'Hey. This has
changed. Use this server instead' rather than just deleting the DNS
record.

Now I have to go open bug tickets with a bunch of distros to get their
whois updated. 8-\

--Rob

On Fri, 11 Oct 2019 at 15:40, David Keegel <djk at keegel.id.au> wrote:
>
> Yes, like James said, whois.auda.org.au is the right answer.
>
> Although I would use
>         $ whois -h whois.auda.org.au news.com.au
> or
>         $ jwhois news.com.au
> rather than
>         $ telnet whois.auda.org.au 43
>
> Whois.audns.net.au was grandfathered for over 12 months, but
> auDA decided enough time has passed now since they changed
> to using whois.auda.org.au when Afilias took over in 2018.
>
> On Fri, Oct 11, 2019 at 04:15:33AM +0000, James Deck wrote:
> >    Hi all,
> >
> >
> >    https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/au.html
> >
> >
> >    You can (should) use whois.auda.org.au:
> >
> >
> >    $ telnet whois.auda.org.au 43
> >
> >    Trying 199.15.83.22...
> >
> >    Connected to whois.auda.ltd.
> >
> >    Escape character is '^]'.
> >
> >    news.com.au
> >
> >    Domain Name: NEWS.COM.AU
> >
> >    Registry Domain ID: D407400000001615931-AU
> >
> >    Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.auda.org.au
> >
> >    Registrar URL: https://www.cscdigitalbrand.services
> >
> >    Last Modified: 2019-02-26T01:12:18Z
> >
> >    Registrar Name: Corporation Service Company (Aust) Pty Ltd
> >
> >    Registrar Abuse Contact Email: domainabuse at cscglobal.com
> >
> >    Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.8887802723
> >
> >    Reseller Name:
> >
> >    Status: clientDeleteProhibited
> >    https://afilias.com.au/get-au/whois-status-codes#clientDeleteProhibited
> >
> >    Status: serverDeleteProhibited
> >    https://afilias.com.au/get-au/whois-status-codes#serverDeleteProhibited
> >
> >    Status: serverRenewProhibited
> >    https://afilias.com.au/get-au/whois-status-codes#serverRenewProhibited
> >
> >    Status: serverUpdateProhibited
> >    https://afilias.com.au/get-au/whois-status-codes#serverUpdateProhibited
> >
> >    Registrant Contact ID: AT2688983299772
> >
> >    Registrant Contact Name: Domain Admin
> >
> >    Tech Contact ID: AT1811166138471
> >
> >    Tech Contact Name: News Limited  Domain Manager
> >
> >    Name Server: USC1.AKAM.NET
> >
> >    Name Server: USC4.AKAM.NET
> >
> >    Name Server: NS1-24.AKAM.NET
> >
> >    Name Server: NS1-50.AKAM.NET
> >
> >    Name Server: USW1.AKAM.NET
> >
> >    Name Server: ASIA1.AKAM.NET
> >
> >    DNSSEC: unsigned
> >
> >    Registrant: News Life Media Pty Ltd
> >
> >    Registrant ID: ABN 57088923906
> >
> >    Eligibility Type: Company
> >
> >
> >    Also available on https://whois.auda.org.au
> >
> >
> >
> >    Kind Regards,
> >    James Deck
> >    Director
> >    Clevvi ‑ Formerly 1300 Web Pro
> >    p
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> >    e
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> >    From:
> >    AusNOG <ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net> On Behalf Of Lachlan Gilmour
> >    Sent: Friday, 11 October 2019 2:06 PM
> >    To: Rob Thomas <xrobau at gmail.com>
> >    Cc: <ausnog at lists.ausnog.net> <ausnog at lists.ausnog.net>
> >    Subject: Re: [AusNOG] .au whois server is missing, assumed Borg'ed.
> >
> >
> >    Hey Rob,
> >
> >
> >    Yeah it looks pretty borg'ed , haven't seen results like this before!
> >
> >
> >    P.s; You should still be able to use the whois provided
> >    here https://whois.auda.ltd/
> >
> >
> >    image.png
> >
> >
> >
> >    Kind regards,
> >
> >
> >    Lachlan
> >
> >
> >    On Fri, Oct 11, 2019 at 2:01 PM Rob Thomas <xrobau at gmail.com>
> >    wrote:
> >
> >      It looks like someone's broken audns.net.au DNS records, as
> >      everything's missing APART from MX going to outlook.com... I hate to
> >      point the finger at microsoft, but it's oh so easy...
> >      getaddrinfo(whois.audns.net.au): Name or service not known
> >      This site can’t be reached
> >      whois.audns.net.au’s server IP address could not be found.
> >      Try:
> >      Checking the connection
> >      Checking the proxy, firewall and DNS configuration
> >      Running Windows Network Diagnostics
> >      ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED
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