WHOIS Lookups Fail After Internic Changes on Nov-30-1999

ID: Q248296

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Site Server version 3.0

SYMPTOMS

WHOIS lookups in Microsoft Site Server 3.0 Usage Analysis may fail after Nov-30-1999.

Also, after applying a recent WHOIS fix, you might receive the following error when performing WHOIS queries:

Run-time error '5': Invalid procedure call or argument

CAUSE

Internic has changed the whois servers from whois.internic.net to whois.networksolutions.com. UIMPORT.exe is hard coded to look specifically at whois.internic.net and therefore the majority of WHOIS lookups are failing as of Nov-30-1999.

RESOLUTION

A supported fix that corrects this problem is now available from Microsoft, but it has not been fully regression tested and should be applied only to systems experiencing this specific problem. If you are not severely affected by this specific problem, Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next Site Server service pack that contains this fix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information on support costs, please go to the following address on the World Wide Web:

http://www.microsoft.com/support/supportnet/overview/overview.asp

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:


   Date      Time                 Size    File name     Platform
   -------------------------------------------------------------
   07/02/1998  02:27p              913    eula.txt       alpha
   01/07/2000  05:03p        2,824,704    UImportDA.exe
   01/07/2000  05:03p        3,022,848    UImportDS.exe
   01/27/1999  01:56p           80,144    update.exe
   01/07/2000  05:28p            4,264    update.inf


   07/02/1998  02:27p              913    eula.txt       i386
   01/07/2000  05:03p        2,260,992    UImportDA.exe
   01/07/2000  05:03p        2,444,800    UImportDS.exe
   01/27/1999  01:02p           62,544    update.exe
   01/07/2000  05:28p            4,264    update.inf

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Site Server 3.0.

MORE INFORMATION

This hotfix fixes domains of .us, .gov, .mil, .net, .com, .org, .edu, .ca, .jp, .au, .uk.

Another patch is available at the following location:

http://www.microsoft.com/siteserver/site/DeployAdmin/SP3.htm

This post-SP3 patch resolves an issue with IP resolution and WHOIS queries in Usage Analysis when you use a SQL Server 7.0 database.

For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q247013 Low Amount of WHOIS Queries after Applying Site Server Service Pack 3

Additional query words:

Keywords :
Version : winnt:3.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug