[AusNOG] .au whois server is missing, assumed Borg'ed.
Shaun Haddrill
treasurer at efa.org.au
Wed Oct 16 07:04:28 EST 2019
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!
Shaun Haddrill
Treasurer,
Electronic Frontiers Australia
Email: treasurer at efa.org.au
website: www.efa.org.au
On Fri, 11 Oct 2019 at 17:27, Shane Chrisp <shane at 2000cn.com.au> wrote:
> On 11/10/19 2:10 pm, Rob Thomas wrote:
>
> In the meantime, its a trivial task to add the below to /etc/whois.conf
>
> \.au whois.auda.org.au
>
> Shane
>
>
> > 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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> >>>
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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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