.RU: вездесущий TC-RIPN

[Andris]

[andris@strigidae ~]$ whois -h whois.ripn.net. any-existing-domain.ru

[...]
source: TC-RIPN
[...]

[andris@strigidae ~]$ whois -h whois.ripn.net. tc-ripn
% By submitting a query to RIPN's Whois Service
% you agree to abide by the following terms of use:
% http://www.ripn.net/about/servpol.html#3.2 (in Russian)
% http://www.ripn.net/about/en/servpol.html#3.2 (in English).

person: THOMAS CONTE
nic-hdl: TC-RIPN
address: CALVACOM
address: 8/10 rue Nieuport
address: 78140 Velizy, France
phone: +33 1 34 63 19 31
fax-no: +33 1 34 63 19 49
e-mail: thomas@calva.net
changed: 2001.10.22
mnt-by: NETNAMES-MNT-RIPN
source: RIPN

Last updated on 2006.09.08 23:26:57 MSK/MSD
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Интересная персона, однако...

[seabreeze]

Кто тут?

[Serega]

Andris (http://domenforum.net/member.php?u=618) расшифруйте свой замечательный прикол.

[Andris]

Для всех доменов в зоне .ru в качестве источника данных о домене указан не RIPN (т.е. официальный держатель Реестра), а некая персона с хэндлом TC-RIPN.

Выдержка из "Описания полей в ответах Whois-сервера РосНИИРОС" (http://www.ripn.net/nic/whois/whois_answ.html):
source: источник информации

[xtremest]

в догонку whois -h whois.ripn.net netnames-mnt-ripn

# By submitting a query to RIPN's Whois Service
# you agree to abide by the following terms of use:
# http://www.ripn.net/about/servpol.html#3.2 (in Russian)
# http://www.ripn.net/about/en/servpol.html#3.2 (in English).

mntner: NETNAMES-MNT-RIPN
descr: NetNames Technical Support
tech-c: RR8-RIPN
mnt-adm: NU-ORG-RIPN
changed: 2004.11.11
mnt-by: NETNAMES-MNT-RIPN
source: RIPN

person: REEMA RAGHEI
nic-hdl: RR8-RIPN
address: NetNames USA, Inc.,
address: 55 Broad Street, 18th Flr.,
address: NY, NY 10004,
address: USA
phone: +1 2126274599
fax-no: +1 2126275744
e-mail: reema.raghei@netnames.com
changed: 2001.01.23
mnt-by: NETNAMES-MNT-RIPN
source: RIPN

org: NetNames USA
nic-hdl: NU-ORG-RIPN
admin-c: JR13-RIPN
bill-c: JR13-RIPN
bill-c: RR8-RIPN
phone: +44 207 015 9370
fax-no: +44 207 015 9377
e-mail: corporate-services@netnames.com
changed: 2006.05.10
mnt-by: NETNAMES-MNT-RIPN
source: RIPN

person: JON RIALP
nic-hdl: JR13-RIPN
address: NetNames USA, Inc.,
address: 55 Broad Street, 18th Flr.,
address: NY, NY 10004,
address: USA
phone: +1 2126274599
fax-no: +1 2126275744
e-mail: jon.rialp@netnames.com
changed: 2001.01.23
mnt-by: NETNAMES-MNT-RIPN
source: RIPN

person: REEMA RAGHEI
nic-hdl: RR8-RIPN
address: NetNames USA, Inc.,
address: 55 Broad Street, 18th Flr.,
address: NY, NY 10004,
address: USA
phone: +1 2126274599
fax-no: +1 2126275744
e-mail: reema.raghei@netnames.com
changed: 2001.01.23
mnt-by: NETNAMES-MNT-RIPN
source: RIPN