[HN Gopher] Whois server for .SH TLD unresponsive, redirects to ...
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       Whois server for .SH TLD unresponsive, redirects to IIS page
        
       Author : dm
       Score  : 14 points
       Date   : 2023-02-13 22:12 UTC (47 minutes ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (whois.nic.sh)
 (TXT) w3m dump (whois.nic.sh)
        
       | [deleted]
        
       | scblzn wrote:
       | SERVICE NOTICE: Scheduled Production Maintenance Registry Donuts
       | Inc.
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       | Type: Scheduled Production Maintenance
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       | Origin: Registry Donuts Inc.
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       | Planned Start Date: 2023-02-13 22:00:00 UTC
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       | Planned End Date: 2023-02-13 23:30:00 UTC
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       | Implications: Total Outage
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       | Affected Environments: Production Environment
        
         | capableweb wrote:
         | > Planned Start Date: 2023-02-13 22:00:00 UTC
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         | > Planned End Date: 2023-02-13 23:30:00 UTC
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         | > Scheduled at: 2023-02-13 22:05:00 UTC
         | 
         | Comment made in jest.
        
       | dm wrote:
       | Also the case for .IO and .AC as well as most TLDs managed by
       | Identity Digital (Donuts).
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       | List at https://identity.digital/our-domains/
        
         | teddyh wrote:
         | Perhaps most notably, this includes .info domains.
        
       | some_random wrote:
       | Wild that we've kinda just let these random companies handle such
       | a vital part of our global infrastructure
        
         | teddyh wrote:
         | To be fair, it's not their DNS that is having issues, it's just
         | their Whois server. Whois, while it can be considered an
         | essential service, is not meant to be critical infrastructure.
         | Whois is only meant to be accessed manually by humans (which is
         | enforced by rate limits), and the format of its output is
         | completely free-form, i.e. not machine parseable in the general
         | case.
        
           | dm wrote:
           | It does mean all registrations, renewals and changes to ~250
           | TLDs are out of action though.
        
       | teddyh wrote:
       | http://whois.donuts.co/ says "Maintenance in progress please
       | check again later!"
        
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