Date: Monday, April 11, 2022 18:51:15 -0700
From: Jack Craig
On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 6:33 PM Richard wrote:
>
> > Date: Monday, April 11, 2022 18:20:19 -0700
> > From: Jack Craig
>
> > On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 5:49 PM Mike Wright
> >
> >> On 4/11/22 14:12, Richard wrote:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> Date: Monday, April 11, 2022 13:10:59 -0700
> >> >> From: Jack Craig
> >> >>
> >> >> I get as far as whois and things appear to fall apart...
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> *host
linuxlighthouse.com
> >> >>
linuxlighthouse.com has address 108.220.213.121*
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> *host 108.220.213.121121.213.220.108.in-addr.arpa domain name
> >> >> pointer unknown5065f34aece5.attlocal.net*
> >> >>
> >> >> *whois
linuxlighthouse.com
> >> >> [Querying
whois.verisign-grs.com
> >> >> [Redirected to
whois.networksolutions.com
> >> >> [Querying
whois.networksolutions.com
> >> >> <timeout>*
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > I'm not seeing any issues - the issue may be with whatever you
> >> > are using as your nameserver for lookups.
> >> >
> >> > dig +short
linuxlighthouse.com
> >> > 108.220.213.121
> >> >
> >> > dig +short -x 108.220.213.121
> >> >
ws.linuxlighthouse.com.
> >> >
> >> > dig +short @NS21.WORLDNIC.COM
linuxlighthouse.com
> >> > 108.220.213.121
> >> >
> >> > dig +short @NS22.WORLDNIC.COM
linuxlighthouse.com
> >> > 108.220.213.121
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > whois
linuxlighthouse.com
> >> > Domain Name:
LINUXLIGHTHOUSE.COM
> >> > Registry Domain ID: 1540828151_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
> >> > Registrar WHOIS Server:
whois.networksolutions.com
> >> > Registrar URL:
http://networksolutions.com
> >> > Updated Date: 2021-05-23T19:47:31Z
> >> > Creation Date: 2009-02-04T17:52:12Z
> >> > Registry Expiry Date: 2023-02-04T17:52:12Z
> >> > Registrar: Network Solutions, LLC
> >> > Registrar IANA ID: 2
> >> > Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse(a)web.com
> >> > Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.8003337680
> >> > Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited
> >> >
https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
> >> > Name Server:
NS21.WORLDNIC.COM
> >> > Name Server:
NS22.WORLDNIC.COM
> >>
> >> Same thing here, starting at the authority servers, I don't see
> >> anything wrong.
> >>
> >> who are linuxlighthouse.com's nameservers?
> >>
ns21.worldnic.com.
ns22.worldnic.com.
> >>
> >> what are their nameserver IPs?
> >> 162.159.26.132
> >> 162.159.27.77
> >>
> >> what is my IP?
> >> from ns1: 108.220.213.121
> >> from ns2: 108.220.213.121
> >>
> >> does
linuxlighthouse.com. have a pointer record?
> >> 108.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN NS
r.arin.net.
> >> --> following authority chain...
> >> 220.108.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN NS
ns1.swbell.net.
> >> 220.108.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN NS
ns3.sbcglobal.net.
> >> 220.108.in-addr.arpa. 86400 IN NS
ns2.swbell.net.
> >>
> >> digging at
ns1.swbell.net. for a PTR record
> >> 121.213.220.108.in-addr.arpa. 7200 IN PTR
> >>
ws.linuxlighthouse.com. (same results from the other two
> >> authorities)
> >>
> >> From the top down your records look good.
> >>
> >
> > *i am heartened that the view of my setup looks good.*
> >
> > *means I must be doing it wrong.*
> >
> > *i get, ...*
> >
> > *whois
linuxlighthouse.com
> > [Querying
whois.verisign-grs.com
> > [Redirected to
whois.networksolutions.com
> > [Querying
whois.networksolutions.com
> > [Unable to connect to remote host]*
> >
> > *what i get appears to fail connection to networksolutions whois
> > database, how to resolve this time out??*
> >
> > *tia, ...*
>
>
> Try this version of the whois command:
>
> whois -h
whois.networksolutions.com linuxlighthouse.com
>
> which does an explicit pointer to the whois server rather than
> thewhois -h whoiswhois -h
whois.networksolutions.com
>
linuxlighthouse.com [Querying
whois.networksolutions.com]
> [Unable to connect to remote host]
>
> implicit redirect.
>
> My results are:
>
> whois -h
whois.networksolutions.com linuxlighthouse.com
*i get ...*
*whois -h whoiswhois -h
whois.networksolutions.com
linuxlighthouse.com
whois.networksolutions.com
[Unable to connect to remote host]*
> Domain Name:
LINUXLIGHTHOUSE.COM
> Registry Domain ID: 1540828151_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
> Registrar WHOIS Server:
whois.networksolutions.com
> Registrar URL:
http://networksolutions.com
> Updated Date: 2020-12-07T21:22:16Z
> Creation Date: 2009-02-04T17:52:12Z
> Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2023-02-04T17:52:12Z
> Registrar: Network Solutions, LLC
> ...
> [perfect privacy details]
> ...
> Name Server:
NS21.WORLDNIC.COM
> Name Server:
NS22.WORLDNIC.COM
> ...
>
> If that doesn't work, do a dig for "whois.networksolutions.com".
>
*dig
whois.networksolutions.com
; <<>> DiG 9.16.27-RH <<>>
whois.networksolutions.com
;; ANSWER SECTION:
whois.networksolutions.com 227 IN A 64.69.216.61
;; Query time: 0 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.53#53(127.0.0.53)
;; WHEN: Mon Apr 11 18:47:16 PDT 2022
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 71*
*i am increasingly mystified by the difference in what you see vs
what i see, ??? *
whois server is on -- appears to be on level3.
Try a traceroute and see how far you get. I don't get to the final
host, but close:
(4.28.167.42) 44.881 ms
44.857 ms 51.638 ms
64.69.216.30 (64.69.216.30) 47.750 ms 47.708 ms 64.69.216.26
(64.69.216.26) 52.226 ms
By the way, you indicated previously that you aren't running named,
but you appear to querying a localhost server:
Lastly, please use text-only in your messages. The html messes things
up by trying to make every hostname/ipnumber into a linked url.