Dave Morton <Dave.Morton@ecrc.de> writes: * If you think thats funny then check this one out: * * whois -h nic.ddn.mil "ec.org" * Commission of the European Communities (EC1-DOM) * Directorate-general Telecommunications, Information * Industry and Innovation. Rue de la loi, 200 * B-1049 Brussel, Belgium * * Domain Name: EC.ORG * * Administrative Contact: * Mullender, Sape (SM3383) Mullender@cs.utwente.nl * +31 53 89 3709 * Technical Contact, Zone Contact: * Vogels, Werner (WV33) werner@inesc.pt * +351 1 3100316 * * Record last updated on 20-Feb-92. * * Domain servers in listed order: * * FREYA.INESC.PT 146.193.4.36 * HELIOS.CS.UTWENTE.NL 130.89.15.6 Yes, and nicely implemented as well : [rijp-1634] host -lv ec.org Query about ec.org for record types A NS PTR Finding nameservers for ec.org ... Query done, 2 answers, status: no error Found 1 address for FREYA.INESC.PT Found 1 address for HELIOS.CS.UTWENTE.NL Trying server 146.193.4.36 (FREYA.INESC.PT) ... connect: Connection refused Trying server 130.89.15.6 (HELIOS.CS.UTWENTE.NL) ... connect: Connection timed out Nameserver not responding ec.org AXFR record not found, try again No nameservers for ec.org responded -Marten