Changes to the .hu ccTLD WHOIS response
Last week the Nic.hu, the Hungarian domain authority, silently released an update to their Whois server interface which affected all the .hu domain queries.
All the domain information has been wiped out from new Whois response, including details about domain creation and expiration. This is how the server responds to a google.hu query as of June 1, 2010:
% Whois server 2.02a serving the hu ccTLD domain: google.hu További adatokért ld.: http://www.domain.hu/domain/domainsearch/ For further data see: http://www.domain.hu/domain/English/domainsearch/
Compared to the previous version, this is a massive cut.
% Whois server 1.99C Rights restricted by copyright. Szerzõi jog fenntartva. -Legal usage of this service requires that you agree to abide by the rules and conditions set forth at http://www.domain.hu/domain/English/domainsearch/feltetelek.html -A szolgaltatas csak a http://www.domain.hu/domain/domainsearch/feltetelek.html címen elérhetõ feltételek elfogadása és betartása mellett használható legálisan. domain: google.hu org: org_name_eng: Google, Inc. org: org_name_hun: Google, Inc. address: Amphitheatre Pkwy 1600. address: CA-94043 Mountain View address: US phone: +1 650 253 0000 fax-no: +1 650 253 0001 hun-id: 0000219547 admin-c: 2000466366 tech-c: 2000578125 zone-c: 2000578125 nameserver: ns1.google.com nameserver: ns4.google.com nameserver: ns3.google.com nameserver: ns2.google.com registered: 2000.03.25 23:20:39 changed: 2009.08.25 10:11:32 registrar: 1960108002 person: 3C Kft. (Registrar) address: Konkoly Thege út 29-33. address: H-1121 Budapest address: HU phone: +36 1 275 52 00 fax-no: +36 1 275 58 87 hun-id: 2000466366 person: Markmonitor address: Overland Road 10400, PMB155 address: ID-83709 Boise address: US phone: + 1 208 389 5798 fax-no: + 1 208 389 5771 e-mail: ccops@markmonitor.com hun-id: 2000578125 person: Markmonitor address: Overland Road 10400, PMB155 address: ID-83709 Boise address: US phone: + 1 208 389 5798 fax-no: + 1 208 389 5771 hun-id: 2000578125 org: org_name_eng: 3C Ltd. org: org_name_hun: 3C Kft. (Registrar) address: Konkoly Thege út 29-33. address: H-1121 Budapest address: HU phone: +36 1 275 52 00 fax-no: +36 1 275 58 87 hun-id: 1960108002
Unfortunately, this means we are no longer able to provide automatic creation/expiration dates for all the .hu domains. Hungarian domain owners will need to update their domain expiration manually.
We will continue to monitor the .hu domain response for changes and update RoboDomain accordingly to offer the most complete domain management solution.
We also released an update for our Ruby Whois library to ensure compatibility with previous and current .hu whois answers. Whois 1.2.0 also introduces a small feature an addresses a couple of other bugfixes. For more information read the full changelog.
