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Geektools has shutdown | |
June 04th, 2023 | |
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I just noticed that whois.geektools.com and geektools.com both return | |
NXDOMAIN now... Checking the internet archive, they had posted a notice | |
on their site back in May stating that they had ended the service: | |
geektools.com has shut down. | |
We started this service in 1998 as the first smart whois that would | |
automatically query the correct server(s) to get the data you need. A | |
lot has changed since then and it's time to move on. Most modern | |
command line clients on *nix-like systems will select the appropriate | |
whois server. Check your system's man page ("man whois" for those of you | |
who don't know what a man page is). If you prefer to use a browser | |
interface there are many sites that perform the same function and | |
they're easy to find with your favorite search engine. | |
It's been a good run, and thanks for using this service over the years. | |
- the geektools team | |
This is kind of devastating to me since I seem to ALWAYS be on a machine | |
that has a shitty whois client that doesn't automatically pick the | |
correct server all the time... I had been in the habit of always doing | |
my whois queries like `whois -h whois.geektools.com whatever' | |
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