Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-beacon!news.mit.edu!jtkohl From: jtkohl@MIT.EDU (John T Kohl) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.misc Subject: Re: Searching through top level domains? Message-ID: Date: 28 Nov 90 22:15:17 GMT References: <1990Nov28.174510.27994@bellcore.bellcore.com> Sender: daemon@athena.mit.edu (Mr Background) Organization: MIT Project Athena Lines: 32 In-Reply-To: pc@ALEX.wif.ctt.bellcore.com's message of 28 Nov 90 17:45:10 GMT In article <1990Nov28.174510.27994@bellcore.bellcore.com> pc@ALEX.wif.ctt.bellcore.com (Peter Clitherow) writes: > Is there a defined protocol in the DNS for locating information about > (say) MegaWidget Corporation in the top level domain servers? Sort of. If you know the leading string under which their domain is registered, you can use the whois service at nic.ddn.mil. The trailing dot is a wildcard; you can only match on prefixes. % whois 'domain University of Wisconsin.' University of Wisconsin - Centers (UWC-DOM) UWC.EDU University of Wisconsin - Green Bay (UWGB-DOM) UWGB.EDU University of Wisconsin - River Falls (UWRF-DOM) UWRF.EDU University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point (UWSP-DOM) UWSP.EDU University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (UWM-DOM) UWM.EDU University of Wisconsin- System Administration (UWSA-DOM) UWSA.EDU University of Wisconsin-Extension (UWEX-DOM) UWEX.EDU University of Wisconsin (UWEC-DOM) UWEC.EDU University of Wisconsin (UWLAX-DOM) UWLAX.EDU University of Wisconsin (UWOSH-DOM) UWOSH.EDU University of Wisconsin (UWPLATT-DOM) UWPLATT.EDU University of Wisconsin (UWW-DOM) UWW.EDU University of Wisconsin (WISC-DOM) WISC.EDU University of Wisconsin (WISCNET-DOM) WISCNET.NET To single out one record, look it up with "!xxx", where xxx is the handle, shown in parenthesis following the name, which comes first. -- John Kohl or Digital Equipment Corporation/Project Athena (The above opinions are MINE. Don't put my words in somebody else's mouth!)