Re: DNS for aol.com

["Roeland M.J. Meyer" <rmeyer () mhsc com>]

> At 01:55 PM 10/16/98 -0400, bryan s. blank wrote:
> >      this doesn't look good ;(

Nope, it looks like ADP and AOL got confused; Unless ADP now owns AOL <grin>.

> root@condor:~#> whois autonet.net
> [rs.internic.net]
>
> Registrant:
> ADP Autonet (AUTONET2-DOM)
>   175 Jackson Plaza
>   Ann Arbor, MI 48106
>   US
>
>   Domain Name: AUTONET.NET
>
>   Administrative Contact:
>      ADP Autonet  (ADP-ADM)  admincontact () autonet net
>      (800) 521-2733    fax (313) 995-6458
>
>   Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
>      ADP Autonet  (ADP-NOC)  techcontact () autonet net
>      (800) 521-2733    fax (313) 995-6458
>
>   Record last updated on 30-Dec-96.
>   Record created on 19-Sep-94.
>   Database last updated on 16-Oct-98 04:27:25 EDT.
>
>   Domain servers in listed order:
>
>   DNS1.AUTONET.NET             206.88.0.34
>   DNS2.AUTONET.NET             206.88.0.66

> > [rs.internic.net]
> >
> > Registrant:
> > America Online (AOL-DOM)
> >    12100 Sunrise Valley Drive
> >    Reston, VA 20191
> >    US
> >
> >    Domain Name: AOL.COM
> >
> >    Administrative Contact:
> >       O'Donnell, David B  (DBO3)  PMDAtropos () AOL COM
> >       703/265-5666 (FAX) 703/265-4003
> >    Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
> >       America Online  (AOL-NOC)  trouble () AOL NET
> >       703-265-4670
> >    Billing Contact:
> >       Barrett, Joe  (JB4302)  BarrettJG () AOL COM
> >       703-453-4160 (FAX) 703-453-4001
> >
> >    Record last updated on 15-Oct-98.
> >    Record created on 22-Jun-95.
> >    Database last updated on 16-Oct-98 04:27:25 EDT.
> >
> >    Domain servers in listed order:
> >
> >    DNS1.AUTONET.NET          206.88.0.34
> >    DNS2.AUTONET.NET          206.88.0.66
> >
> >
> > The InterNIC Registration Services database contains ONLY
> > non-military and non-US Government Domains and contacts.
> > Other associated whois servers:
> >    American Registry for Internet Numbers - whois.arin.net
> >    European IP Address Allocations        - whois.ripe.net
> >    Asia Pacific IP Address Allocations    - whois.apnic.net
> >    US Military                            - whois.nic.mil
> >    US Government                          - whois.nic.gov
>
> > + host -t ns aol.com a.root-servers.net
> > aol.com name server DNS1.AUTONET.NET
> > aol.com name server DNS2.AUTONET.NET
>
> > + host -t ns aol.com b.root-servers.net
> > aol.com name server DNS2.AUTONET.NET
> > aol.com name server DNS1.AUTONET.NET
> > SECURE:{bryan@bryan:~:7}$ host -t ns aol.com c.root-servers.net
>
> > + host -t ns aol.com c.root-servers.net
> > aol.com name server DNS1.AUTONET.NET
> > aol.com name server DNS2.AUTONET.NET
>
> > + host -t ns aol.com d.root-servers.net
> > aol.com name server DNS1.AUTONET.NET
> > aol.com name server DNS2.AUTONET.NET


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