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.org Registry Offline - Not

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the bit-an-oops dept.

einer writes "According to the The Register, the registry containing all of the .org tld information has fallen off the planet. The article is light on details, and doesn't list any potential consequences. " It looks like it's the server that maintains the records for who owns what .org domain - and a big "I Told You So" for Verisign. And of course, now it seems to be working just fine. Good work, PIR.

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  1. So what. by Prince_Ali · · Score: 5, Funny

    I make it a point to never visit any .org sites at all. Vile things, they are. I haven't visited a single .org website in over 2 years.

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    1. Re:So what. by CustomFort · · Score: 4, Funny

      *Cough* Slashdot.org *cough*

    2. Re:So what. by CProgrammer98 · · Score: 1, Funny

      *cough* *cough* humour *cough* *cough*

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    3. Re:So what. by borgdows · · Score: 5, Funny

      *cough* *cough* I have SARS! *cough* *cough*

    4. Re:So what. by matth · · Score: 2, Funny

      *Me Checks* nope no .org I go to http://www.slashdot.com !!

    5. Re:So what. by etrnl · · Score: 2, Funny

      *points to your sig*

  2. .org registry by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny


    Because you never know where to find a good orgy....

  3. oh no! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    now I can't lookup slashdot.org anymore.

    1. Re:oh no! by V.P. · · Score: 2, Funny

      I thought by now people would know slashdot's IP by heart.

  4. Uh oh... by fredrikj · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...in a few hours, slashdot.org will redirect to microsoft.com or riaa.com...

    1. Re:Uh oh... by borgdows · · Score: 0, Funny

      I'd rather bet it will redirect to goatse.cx! ;)

  5. In recent news... by mschoolbus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Verisign licensed SCO's Unix Source code on Monday...

  6. Patriot Act by sokkelih · · Score: 1, Funny

    Terrorist .Org-anizations.

  7. Lol. by BoomerSooner · · Score: 1, Funny

    This is why everything should still be IP based! (j/k)

  8. .cx by Arc04 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just be thankful all .cx domains are still available.

    I don't know if I could make it through the day without a trip to a certain site. :P

    1. Re:.cx by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      OMFGROFLOLBBQ

      OMFG=Oh my fucking god,
      ROFL=rolling on the floor laughing,
      OLBBQ=outside lighting a barbecue?

      I must be getting old, all these acronyms are getting too much for me.

  9. Bigger problem than you think! by japhar81 · · Score: 5, Funny

    > now I can't lookup slashdot.org anymore.

    Which isn't that big a deal, till you realize that the alternative to /. is doing real work...

    Oh the humanity!

  10. www.flat-earth.org by crazyprogrammer · · Score: 5, Funny

    the .org tld information has fallen off the planet.


    I knew the earth was flat but nobody believed me.

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  11. Oracle by flacco · · Score: 1, Funny

    I think I can hear the strangled, ecstatic shriek of Larry Ellison cumming in his pants all the way over here on the east coast.

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  12. Chicken Little by jmb-d · · Score: 4, Funny

    And of course, now it seems to be working just fine.

    The sky is falling! The sky is falling!

    Oh, wait...

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  13. Isn't That Amusing by Jerk+City+Troll · · Score: 4, Funny

    Here's journalistic integrity for you: a story that reports you cannot reach .org sites posted on and read from a .org site. That's like posting: "you are unable to read this message." Way to go guys.

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    1. Re:Isn't That Amusing by bilbobuggins · · Score: 4, Funny
      speaking of journalistic integrity, did you see the article title?
      reading it, i couldn't help but imagine the discovery of this news at /. went something like this:

      h: 'oh man, .org is down'
      t: 'no way'
      h: 'way'
      t: 'no way'
      h: 'way'
      t: 'duuuuude. like, slashdot is totally a .org site. bogus!'
      h: 'like for real brah. and i was completely about to make some righteous nachos before this happened!'
      t: 'oh wait it's back! tubular!'
      h: 'schweet. check me out while i post this totally rad story on our site!'

  14. It's too late!! by borgdows · · Score: 4, Funny

    All our bases belong to them!!

    Check by yourself :

    $ whois slashdot.org

    Found referral to whois.opensrs.net.

    Registrant:
    Microsoft Corporation
    One Microsoft Way
    Redmond, WA 98052
    US

    Domain name: SLASHDOT.ORG

    (...)

  15. Re:Is there a better way? by gh5046 · · Score: 0, Funny

    > I don't think the founding fathers of the Internet thought it of it being like this.

    Well, according to Al Gore he invented the internet. He probably never thought that far ahead.

  16. Well.... by phillk6751 · · Score: 1, Funny

    I guess Im gunna have to buy my linux upgrades from Best Buy now instead of downloading them.

  17. Hoorray!!! by borgdows · · Score: 2, Funny

    Slashdot.org is not accessible any more!
    The productivity of my IT company will rise rise riiiise!!

  18. Irony: by Illserve · · Score: 3, Funny

    A news site posting a story that it's gone down.

  19. Re:Mine wont whois! by roka · · Score: 2, Funny

    ok, let's read the output again, shall we? :)

    $ whois -h whois.crsnic.net slashdot.org

    [foobar]

    No match for "SLASHDOT.ORG".

    [bazqux]

    The Registry database contains ONLY .COM, .NET, .EDU domains and Registrars.

  20. It's the evil Debian people ! by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 2, Funny
    I wanted to check it out, but to be extra sure, I went to org.org.org.org (better four .orgs than one to be extra sure) : what do I find ? A DEBIAN BOX ! That computer has been taken over by Debian ! It's Stallman's evil plot to take over .org !!

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  21. Annymous Cowards by schnits0r · · Score: 2, Funny

    I did a who is and I got this:

    Domain ID:D2289308-LROR
    Domain Name:SLASHDOT.ORG
    Created On:05-Oct-1997 04:00:00 UTC
    Last Updated On:15-Jan-2003 01:48:23 UTC
    Expiration Date:04-Oct-2005 04:00:00 UTC
    Sponsoring Registrar:R11-LROR
    Status:OK
    Registrant ID:11-C
    Registrant Name:SEE SPONSORING REGISTRAR
    Registrant Street1:Whois Server:whois.opensrs.net
    Registrant Street2:Referral URL:www.opensrs.org
    Registrant City:N/A
    Registrant Postal Code:N/A
    Registrant Country:CA
    Registrant Email:not@available.org

    It looks like someone is a annymous coward.

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  22. First Peter, now Jason by rjamestaylor · · Score: 3, Funny

    Looks like Jason Blair got picked up by The Register for this story. First Peter Arnett gets picked up by a UK Tabloid, now this. Those wacky Britts!

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  23. New article the Reg should post. by Sxooter · · Score: 2, Funny

    Apparently, we're all dumb as lamp posts and can't bother to read the part of the whois query on our boxes that says this whois server only handles .net and .com

    We're going to go back to school, we should be ready to post articles worth reading in a few short years, til then, there's always the BBC, eh?

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  24. In Online Gaming News by OgGreeb · · Score: 1, Funny

    Epic Games and Sony Corp have released a new Unreal Tournament 2003 MMORPG version of Capture-The-Flag called DOMAIN WARS... Beta tests were completed over the weekend.

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