this is a common occurrance...all one must do is register a nameserver with the "target" domain as the beginning of the subdomain. Do a WHOIS on microsoft.com and you'll see what I mean. Several companies are now doing this to their competition On Tue, 2003-12-30 at 12:42, Chris McGinnis wrote: > Today I've noticed something weird on all my FreeBSD boxes. When I whois > domains like msn.com, microsoft.com, aol.com and others I get stuff like: > > $ whois msn.com > > Whois Server Version 1.3 > > Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered > with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net > for detailed information. > > MSN.COM.TW > MSN.COM.SUCKS.FIND.CRACKZ.WITH.SEARCH.GULLI.COM > MSN.COM > > My linux boxes seem to work fine. When I query a specific whois server > such as whois.networksolutions.com it works fine also. Is anyone else > getting anything like this? I'm thinking maybe the default whois server > that the whois program queries has been compromised? I'm not sure what the > default whois server is. > > -Chris > > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html -- Rev. Kronovohr <kronovohr@finalaeon.net> The Brotherhood of the Final Aeon finger kronovohr@finalaeon.net or http://www.finalaeon.net/finger.php?user=kronovohr&host=finalaeon.net fingerprint: 37C4 B78A 770E 9D85 79E3 532F BB29 03FE 0759 CF8B
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