On 19 Sep 2012, at 12:49, Milo wrote:
On 09/19/2012 01:41 PM, Jim Reid wrote:
If you want to know what domains are actually in the DNS or
what data are there, consult the DNS - not whois.
This is incorrect.
Well one of us is wrong. And it's not me. :-)
I will repeat what I said above. If you want to know what domains are
actually in the DNS or what data are there, consult the DNS - not whois.
The existence (or not) of a domain name and the DNS data associated
with that name have nothing whatsoever to do with whois. These are two
different protocols designed for different purposes that use different
software and hardware. If you choose to believe that's false, go
ahead. Now there can be a direct relationship between a whois entry
and a domain name which was delegated by a TLD registry. But this
can't be guaranteed or assumed. Not all domain names are TLD
delegations either. And there rarely, if ever, is a whois service for
the domain names which have been added to the DNS beneath these TLD
delegation points. If you choose to believe these facts are false too,
be my guest.
BTW, the original problem that was reported concerned DNS
inconsistencies when looking up www.pimda.eu. I look forward to your
explanation of how checking whois solved that.
