RESOLVING .NET

[Joseph S D Yao]

On Wed, Jul 19, 2000 at 03:42:55PM +0800, Lawrence Chan wrote:
> We've used nslookup on 203.106.26.199 and it resolves to
> 'owns.modestos.net'.  Yet when we check 'modestos.net' against
> Networksolutions' whois, it shows the name as being available for
> registration.  What's going on?!  Isn't Networksolutions' registry
> all-inclusive for .net anymore?  And which registry did my nslookup
> queried to get 'owns.modestos.net' hostname?  And the IP 203.106.26.199
> itself belongs to Kolej Damansara Utama in Malaysia, according to apnic.

A reverse DNS lookup on that IP address actually looks up
"199.26.106.203.in-addr.arpa" in domain "26.106.203.in-addr.arpa".

Domains may show as available just after an unpaid bill.

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