Jamie L. Penman-Smithson wrote on Thu, 25 May 2006 17:12:07 +0100: > .de does not have a working WHOIS server, that's fundamentally broken:
No, *your* whois client is outdated and broken. > whois something.de > [Querying whois.denic.de] > [whois.denic.de] > % Copyright (c)2004 by DENIC > % Version: 1.05.0 > % > % Restricted rights. > % > % > % Except for agreed Internet operational purposes, no part of this > % information may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or > % transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, > % recording, or otherwise, without prior permission of the DENIC > % on behalf of itself and/or the copyright holders. Any use of this > % material to target advertising or similar activities are explicitly > % forbidden and will be prosecuted. The DENIC requests to be notified > % of any such activities or suspicions thereof. > > Domain: something.de > Domain-Ace: something.de > Descr: Michael Blatz > Descr: Pfarrgartenstr. 18 > Descr: D-65719 Hofheim > Descr: Germany <snip> And this is not the only TLD they are wrong about. If you want to follow-up, better to me directly, I think it's off-topic. Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com
