Subj : Re: Using WHOIS
To   : Bj”rn Felten
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Sun Mar 10 2019 12:45:54

Hi Bj”rn,

On 2019-03-10 04:48:10, you wrote to Ben Ritchey:

 BF> So, we are fucked until the person that has hijacked our domain gives
 BF> up trying to make money from it?

I think you're drawing the wrong conclusion and not looking far enough:

# dig www.fidonet.org

; <<>> DiG 9.9.9-P1 <<>> www.fidonet.org
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 26322
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.fidonet.org.               IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.fidonet.org.        86400   IN      CNAME   fidonet.fidonet.org.
fidonet.fidonet.org.    86400   IN      A       85.94.204.146

;; Query time: 477 msec
;; SERVER: 194.109.6.66#53(194.109.6.66)
;; WHEN: Sun Mar 10 12:43:51 CET 2019
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 82


# whois 85.94.204.146
% This is the RIPE Database query service.
% The objects are in RPSL format.
%
% The RIPE Database is subject to Terms and Conditions.
% See http://www.ripe.net/db/support/db-terms-conditions.pdf

% Note: this output has been filtered.
%       To receive output for a database update, use the "-B" flag.

% Information related to '85.94.204.144 - 85.94.204.159'

% Abuse contact for '85.94.204.144 - 85.94.204.159' is 'abuse@seeweb.it'

inetnum:        85.94.204.144 - 85.94.204.159
netname:        BOFH-IT
descr:          bofh.it network services
country:        IT
admin-c:        MDI-RIPE
tech-c:         MDI-RIPE
status:         ASSIGNED PA
mnt-by:         SEEWEB-MNT
mnt-irt:        IRT-MDI
created:        2010-05-14T20:20:58Z
last-modified:  2010-05-14T20:20:58Z
source:         RIPE

person:         Marco d'Itri
address:        c/o ITGate.Net
address:        Corso Svizzera 185
address:        I-10149 Turin
phone:          +39 011 2301000
fax-no:         +39 011 2309384
nic-hdl:        MDI-RIPE
remarks:        PGP: PGPKEY-8DC968B0
mnt-by:         MDI-MNT
created:        2002-07-04T12:31:31Z
last-modified:  2014-01-24T15:21:24Z
source:         RIPE # Filtered

% Information related to '85.94.192.0/19AS12637'

route:          85.94.192.0/19
descr:          Seeweb s.r.l.
origin:         AS12637
mnt-by:         SEEWEB-MNT
created:        2012-08-12T23:58:04Z
last-modified:  2012-08-12T23:58:04Z
source:         RIPE

% This query was served by the RIPE Database Query Service version 1.93.2 
(BLAARKOP)


So it's still pointing to a website under control by Marco d'Itri, who I think 
has had it under his control for the last decade or longer. Ward knows...

Bye, Wilfred.

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