Comment Re:Telnet access (Score 2) 131
Wrong port. The whois.internic.net server runs on port 43 now, and as far as I know it has for a while.
It still works for me:
$ telnet whois.internic.net 43
Trying 198.41.0.6...
Connected to rs.internic.net.
Escape character is '^]'.
slashdot.org
Access to Network Solutions' WHOIS information is
....
etc
It still works for me:
$ telnet whois.internic.net 43
Trying 198.41.0.6...
Connected to rs.internic.net.
Escape character is '^]'.
slashdot.org
Access to Network Solutions' WHOIS information is
....
etc
