>is it just me or is http://www.greenpages.ws/ giving a generic 'under >construction' page from the registrar? what happened? Let's find out. These are shell commands preceded by comments about what happened. You can try this from your shell at Pair and see if you get the same answers. I'll use "host" (comes with BIND), "lynx" (famous high speed Web browser) and "grep" (traditional unix). Notice that "whois" is not useful here. # # Tell me who to ask about the .WS domain. petra-k:/# host -t ns ws. ws. name server NS4.DNS.ws. ws. name server NS5.DNS.ws. ws. name server NS1.DNS.ws. ws. name server NS2.DNS.ws. ws. name server NS3.DNS.ws. # # Ask the authority who the name servers are for greenpages.ws. petra-k:/# host -t ns greenpages.ws. NS4.DNS.ws. Using domain server: Name: NS4.DNS.ws. Address: 216.52.234.102#53 Aliases: greenpages.ws. name server dns36.register.com. greenpages.ws. name server dns35.register.com. # # Ask both of its official name servers where greenpages.ws is. petra-k:/# host -t a greenpages.ws. dns36.register.com. Using domain server: Name: dns36.register.com. Address: 216.21.226.88#53 Aliases: greenpages.ws. has address 205.158.174.206 petra-k:/# host -t a greenpages.ws. dns35.register.com. Using domain server: Name: dns35.register.com. Address: 216.21.234.88#53 Aliases: greenpages.ws. has address 205.158.174.206 # # Ask both official name servers where the Web site is. petra-k:/# host www.greenpages.ws. dns36.register.com. Using domain server: Name: dns36.register.com. Address: 216.21.226.88#53 Aliases: www.greenpages.ws. is an alias for greenpages.ws. greenpages.ws. has address 205.158.174.206 petra-k:/# host www.greenpages.ws. dns35.register.com. Using domain server: Name: dns35.register.com. Address: 216.21.234.88#53 Aliases: www.greenpages.ws. is an alias for greenpages.ws. greenpages.ws. has address 205.158.174.206 # # So far, so good, the DNS appears correct. # # Check the Web for expected content petra-k:/# lynx -dump http://www.greenpages.ws/ | grep ANNIE By ANNIE GOEKE, Co-Chair, ASGP Steering Committee # # Seems to be working.