on Sun, 20 Jan 2008
13:35:56 -0800
> The OS/2 TCP/IP Help does not show any options for the HOST
> command.
>
> But The Register shows a -l option in the following story:
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/17/anti_spam_activist_lawsuit/
Not much information on what was done except that it said he hacked into their
system.
> and Google ("host command") found the -l ("list") option.
>
> --My Question--: Is OS/2's NSLOOKUP pretty much the same
> as *nix's HOST? Or am I missing something and the guy in the
> article was doing something other than a simple DNS query?
I would expect that the programs were originally from UNIX. But you must
remember that they probably have not been updated since OS/2 was first released
almost twenty years ago.
> I really don't want to worry about PolarBar going after me for
> doing the following:
I doubt that this would be considered hacking into their system.
> [G:\]host polarbar.com
> polarbar.com = 62.70.53.205
> [G:\]host 62.70.53.205
> Can not resolve 62.70.53.205 to a name
Normally one would expect the reverse DNS to resolve to something since this is
a real web site.
> [G:\]host polarbar.net
> polarbar.net = 66.6.73.189
> [G:\]host 66.6.73.189
> 66.6.73.189 = 66-6-73-189.cttel.net
Probably hosted on someone's DSL connection.
It is normal for the forward and reverse to not match for domains hosted at
home or by hosting companies on shared or virtual systems.
> [G:\]host polarbar.org
> polarbar.org = 64.210.149.200
> [G:\]host 64.210.149.200
> Can not resolve 64.210.149.200 to a name
>
> I wonder if the judge is one of my relatives?
I won't touch that question.
--
Robert Blair
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