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

James Hodgkinson yaleman at ricetek.net
Fri Oct 11 17:14:42 EST 2019


It's part of Afilias taking over from AusRegistry... July last year.

https://www.domainregistration.com.au/news/2018/0604-au-registry-operator.php

On Fri, 11 Oct 2019, at 16:10, Rob Thomas wrote:
> 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
> > >    1300 932 776
> > >    e
> > >    jdeck at clevvi.com.au
> > >    w
> > >    clevvi.com.au
> > >    a
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> > >
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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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> > >
> > >    --
> > >
> > >    Lachlan Gilmour
> > >    ICT Support Technician
> > >
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> > >
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> > >
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> > >
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> > >
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> > >
> > >    : +61 7 5676 6652
> > >
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> > >
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> > >
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> > David Keegel    <djk at keegel.id.au>
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