[aklug] Re: Google and GCI DNS issues

jonr@destar.net wrote, on 3/26/2008 3:54 PM:
> So was their DNS poisoned? A whois gives this:
>
> whois google.com

> Server Name: GOOGLE.COM.ZZZZZ.GET.LAID.AT.WWW.SWINGINGCOMMUNITY.COM

> Server Name: GOOGLE.COM.ZOMBIED.AND.HACKED.BY.WWW.WEB-HACK.COM

[lots of similar output snipped]

This is an artifact of fuzzy WHOIS clients. Searches for other
popular domains (microsoft.com, etc.) yield similar results. You
won't get those using most web-based WHOIS. There are probably ways
to make the search less fuzzy, but I've been too lazy to look 'em up.

Royce

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