Question Of The Week

By: Frank Robbins
To: Warren Bonner
Re: HeadsUp - FidoNet.Org DNS Expires 26-Feb-2001

Hello Warren.

Has anyone discussed the fact that the domain name for FidoNet.Org expires within the month of February 2001?

The current "who is" states:

01/23/01 23:00:11 whois fidonet.org

Query:     fidonet.org
Registry:  whois.networksolutions.com Results:


Registrant:
FidoNet Public Relations (FIDONET-DOM)
   c/o Pennsylvania Online PO Box 6501
   Harrisburg, PA 17112
   US

   Domain Name: FIDONET.ORG

   Administrative Contact, Technical Contact, Billing Contact:
      Peace, George  (GP11) george@PAONLINE.COM
      Pennsylvania Online
      PO Box 6501
      Harrisburg, PA 17112
      (717) 657-0000 (FAX) (717) 657-0132

   Record last updated on 03-May-2000.
   Record expires on 26-Feb-2001.
   Record created on 25-Feb-1988.

   Domain servers in listed order:

   DNS1.PAONLINE.COM  216.220.160.7
   DNS2.PAONLINE.COM  216.220.160.8

I was curious is someone is going to renew the domain name of FIDONET.ORG again before it is stolen away from the FidoNet when it expires?

Once the domain name is stolen, it would be very difficult to get it back into FidoNet without paying some large fee to the new DNS holder!

Here are a few domain names which use fidonet:

1. http://asterisk.fidonet.lt
2. http://fidonet.fidonet.org [faulty URL [jb 4/24/01]]
3. http://www.fidonet-deutschland.de
4. http://www.fidonet-revival.de
5. http://www.fidonet.ch
6. http://www.fidonet.co.uk
7. http://www.fidonet.da.ru
8. http://www.fidonet.fi
9. http://www.fidonet.gr
10. http://www.fidonet.it
11. http://www.fidonet.kazan.ru
12. http://www.fidonet.kherson.ua
13. http://www.fidonet.lg.ua
14. http://www.fidonet.lt
15. http://www.fidonet.net
16. http://www.fidonet.nu
17. http://www.fidonet.org
18. http://www.fidonet.org.ar
19. http://www.fidonet.org.il
20. http://www.fidonet.org.ph [faulty URL [jb 4/25/01]]
21. http://www.fidonet.org.pl
22. http://www.fidonet.ph [faulty URL [jb 4/25/01]]
23. http://www.fidonet.pp.se
24. http://www.fidonet.rinet.msk.ru
25. http://www.fidonet.rinet.ru
26. http://www.fidonet.tatarstan.ru
27. http://www.fidonet.uz [faulty URL [jb 4/25/01]]
28. http://www.fidonetwork.com
29. http://www.n5049.z2.fidonet.net
30. http://www.rincondefidonet.com
31. http://www.z3.fidonet.org
32. http://1609fidonet.virtualave.net
33. http://fidonet.virtualave.net
34. http://fidonet.webjump.com

If someone has some info about this action, it would be nice to know that this is no longer a FidoNet crisis waiting to happen.

Thanks...

Frank Robbins
FidoNet (Resources - Support - History) Site
http://winramturbo.com/fidonet/

>>>Thanks for the Heads up Frank, the answer to your question is in the "ANSWERS" section of this Issue of FidoNews.