The registration for Aminet.net appears to have expired. Clicking on it takes you to a Russian website.

Anyone have a clue?

@jd997uk

http://aminet.net/ It works here..

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@Darth_X

Strange... takes me through to a Network solutions page in both Russian and English, stating the site either needs renewal or can be backordered...........

@jd997uk

I get the same as you in http://main.aminet.net or http://aminet.net. Half Russian and half English site.

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Looks like somebody forgot to renew the domain name: http://www.networksolutions.com/whois-search/aminet.net - the site may still work for some due to DNS propagation delays, but doesn't work here either (Google DNS).

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@Darth_X

Quote:

Darth_X wrote: @jd997uk http://aminet.net/ It works here..

Nope. I get the Russian website.

The world was not supposed to end until 2012!!!

What is going on!?!?!

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Works here, but maybe not for long. For the record "aminet.net" resolves to 69.163.220.116 , so as a temporary work-around people can force their machine to resolve amnet.net to that IP address (on AmigaOS4 this is easy to do).

Have a look at it's status here:
http://reports.internic.net/cgi/whois?whois_nic=aminet.net&type=domain

Has anyone contacted the Aminet admin(s)? It looks like they might have a small window to get this fixed, before someone else can grab the domain name?

Last edited by ChrisH on 21-Aug-2011 at 02:41 PM.

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@ChrisH
If i remember right, Nicomen are handle aminet lately, together with utilitybase.com, which dead since months.

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@ChrisH


I already sent an Email to the Acting International CEO of Aminet Gmbh. Christoph Gutjahr.

I asked him to cast either a Raise Dead spell or a Dispel Russians spell.

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@ChrisH

Here give some details of the registered contact.

Anyone Stateside prepared to let them know?

69.163.220.116 = Russkie site too.

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I just noticed the WhoIs says "Expiration Date: 15-aug-2012", which is next year!?! Wonder why there is a problem now then.

@ddni
Are we sure the server hasn't been hacked, and is redirecting (only some!) people to another site? It might be hiding that redirection using an IFrame...

FWIW, I am using OWB.

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Last edited by ChrisH on 21-Aug-2011 at 02:54 PM.

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@ChrisH

Because: Record expires on 15-Aug-2011.

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@ddni

if you just type 69.163.220.116 into your browser it gets redirected to aminet.net so you need to add the domain to you internet prefs.

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@ChrisH

Quote:

ChrisH wrote: I just noticed the WhoIs says "Expiration Date: 15-aug-2012", which is next year!?! Wonder why there is a problem now then. FWIW, I am using OWB.

but in the URL you posted it says also:

NOTICE: The expiration date displayed in this record is the date the
registrar's sponsorship of the domain name registration in the registry is
currently set to expire. This date does not necessarily reflect the expiration
date of the domain name registrant's agreement with the sponsoring
registrar. Users may consult the sponsoring registrar's Whois database to
view the registrar's reported date of expiration for this registration.

look at the url provided by jd997uk in post #10

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Quote:

ChrisH wrote: I just noticed the WhoIs says "Expiration Date: 15-aug-2012", which is next year!?! Wonder why there is a problem now then. @ddni Are we sure the server hasn't been hacked, and is redirecting (only some!) people to another site? It might be hiding that redirection using an IFrame... FWIW, I am using OWB.

If you check closer WHOIS record you notice that domain is on hold...


Registrant:
Pending Renewal or Deletion
P.O. Box 430
Herndon, VA. US 20172-0447


Domain Name: AMINET.NET

Record expires on 15-Aug-2011.

So the domain has expired but is still on quarantine on network solutions.

Also from redirection page...
"If you are the current registrant for this domain name and wish to continue the registration on the domain, you must immediately contact the domain name provider and renew the domain name to ensure the name is not deleted."

So no "They are hacking us!!!" conspiracys...


Network Solutions for those who don't know what it is...

Last edited by Rose on 21-Aug-2011 at 03:16 PM.
Last edited by Rose on 21-Aug-2011 at 03:12 PM.

@broadblues

I added 69.163.220.116 to my hosts file. I thought this was what was required.

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There is an official statement at amiga-news.de:

http://translate.google.de/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=de&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amiga-news.de%2Fde%2Fnews%2FAN-2011-08-00062-DE.html

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If you click on the topleft 'aminet.net', you'll get http://searchmagnified.com/popunder?domain=aminet.net&fp=%2ByNLXhgppO%2B6WL1zVrcdmt6Gb1hbnB71N5QZrHigd8UWTGoMk3JqNVDNFIW3I2axvWkDDFhVk3TauwXEXx9MoiW0W%2Fk%2FedCH9a9QB3FXTuIO353d9b1e2HEZaDSh4%2F4554wCsoxrqAku8H7nsuYaHzmslAQjPhNuHEaU1ECFbo4%3D

which WOT blocks and says the site has a poor reputation. If you continue, you get some more russian links using aminet.net.

Edit: Looks like it's expired anyway. Didn't they know this in advance ?

Last edited by x303 on 21-Aug-2011 at 03:33 PM.

@thomas

Here's a proper English version:

http://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2011-08-00062-EN.html

Last edited by cgutjahr on 21-Aug-2011 at 03:30 PM.