Adrian,

	Yes, One of the requirements was to provide a "high-uptime whois
server" and, yes this is still the case, if you try changing the host
name to "whois.ausregistry.net.au" you will find connecting to our whois
service is not a problem.

Thanks

Chris Wright
Chief Technology Officer
AusRegistry Pty Ltd
Level 6, 10 Queens Rd.
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 3004
Phone: 61 3 9866 1990
Fax: 61 3 9866 1970
Mobile: 61 401 873 798
Email: chris§ausregistry.com.au
 
The UNIX philosophy basically involves giving you enough rope to hang
yourself.  And then a couple of feet more, just to be sure.


-----Original Message-----
From: Adrian Chadd [mailto:adrian§creative.net.au] 
Sent: Monday, 12 August 2002 11:54 AM
To: dns§auda.org.au
Subject: [DNS] "all systems are functional" ?


Hi,

On the ausregistry.net website, it says "all systems are functional",
yet

adrian§styx: whois -h whois.ausregistry.net mydsl.com.au
whois: connect(): Connection refused

Now, if I remember right, part of the registry tender requirements were
to run a high-uptime whois server. Is this still the case?




Adrian

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