From 300df8f1a938e0067218d88e17ec7fabb6dadccd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Josef Karthauser Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 19:58:57 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Rewrite of the manual page to make it clear that NSI and InterNIC are no longer the same organisation. Submitted by: Szilveszter Adam --- usr.bin/whois/whois.1 | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/usr.bin/whois/whois.1 b/usr.bin/whois/whois.1 index b2499e46a5c9..5408a77e1127 100644 --- a/usr.bin/whois/whois.1 +++ b/usr.bin/whois/whois.1 @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ If no required whois-servers.net subdomain found, fallback to whois.crsnic.net provided. .It Fl i Use the Network Solutions Registry for Internet Numbers -.Pq Tn InterNIC +.Pq Tn whois.networksolutions.com database. It contains network numbers and domain contact information for most of .Tn \&.COM , @@ -89,7 +89,13 @@ for most of .Tn \&.ORG and .Tn \&.EDU -domains. +domains. NOTE! The registration of these doamins is now done by a number of +independent and competing registrars and this database holds no information +on the domains registered by organizations other than Network Solutions, Inc. +Also, note that the InterNIC database +.Pq Tn whois.internic.net +is no longer handled by Network Solutions, Inc. For details, see: +http://www.internic.net/. .It Fl m Use the Route Arbiter Database .Pq Tn RADB