[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
> >>>     Unit 22, 489 South Street, Toowoomba 4350
> >>>
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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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> >>>
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> >>>
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> >>>
> >>>
> >>>     w
> >>>
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> >>>
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> >>>
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> >>>
> >>>                                        f
> >>>
> >>>     : +61 7 5676 6652
> >>>
> >>>                                        e
> >>>
> >>>     : lachlan.gilmour at surfpacific.com.au
> >>>
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> >>>
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> >>>
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> >>>
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