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Gerald Waugh

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Mar 15, 2001, 5:21:32 PM3/15/01
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When I do a "whois amazon.com" I get;
AMAZON.COM.SHOULD.SELL.SEXTOYSONLINE.COM

And "whois yahoo.com" I get;
YAHOO.COM.IS.TRYING.TO.STEAL.YAHOO.VU.HOW.ACIDULOUS.COM

Where is this coming from?
Does someone have a 'cracked' nameserver?
Gerald

Jean-Christophe Smith

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Mar 15, 2001, 6:16:06 PM3/15/01
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Those are registered name server host names. Your WHOIS search looks not
only for domains with your search criteria, but also ns hosts or internic
contacts with your search criteria.

Jean-Christophe Smith
Senior Software Engineer
VitalStream.com

Chip Old

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Mar 15, 2001, 7:31:05 PM3/15/01
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Try "whois microsoft.com" for a worse example. Others have already
explained why this junk is in the InterNIC whois database.

On Thu, 15 Mar 2001, Gerald Waugh wrote to bind-...@isc.org:

> When I do a "whois amazon.com" I get;
> AMAZON.COM.SHOULD.SELL.SEXTOYSONLINE.COM

> [snip]

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