From: John Goggan Subject: Re: HOME-BREW: Cybermaxx specs/pinouts? HELP! Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 09:39:21 -0400 Message-ID: <33674B89.72E1@dcg.com> Organization: DCG, Inc. Well, now I went and got myself interested in VictorMaxx again -- so after sending my last message, I continued doing some DNS searching looking for more information. As I said, VMTI.COM is only for mail, so we'll ignore that one. However, vmaxx.com (again, it is "On Hold" so you can't do normal DNS lookups for it -- in other words, if you just try to go to www.vmaxx.com, you won't be able to get it to do the lookup). However, if you do things manually, things get interesting. Ok, here we go... Now, VMAXX.COM's primary nameserver is CEREBUS.MCS.COM, which makes sense because that is the provider where their mail goes (and VMTI.COM's mail also). The secondary DNS for VMAXX is GENESIS.NPR.LEGENT.COM. However, GENESIS has no records for VMAXX.COM at all -- just plain doesn't seem to know or care that it exists -- so we'll forget the secondary. Now, the primary (CEREBUS) does still have DNS information for VMAXX.COM, mainly just saying were mail to someone at VMAXX.COM should be forwarded to (uucp1.mcs.net). Fine. Now, when asking CEREBUS what hosts it actually knows about in the VMAXX.COM domain, it just lists one -- which is the same machine for ftp.vmaxx.com and www.vmaxx.com. So, manually asking CEREBUS to look up www.vmaxx.com for us (again, it won't work unless it is done manually through the DNS machine because they have let their domain registration expire) -- anyways, CEREBUS gives us 205.164.8.179. So, the old www.vmaxx.com should be 205.164.8.179 if they paid their overdue regisration fee with InterNIC. However, doing a reverse lookup on that IP states that it is not owned by VMAXX.COM, but is instead WWW.LABRYNTH.COM! Going there (by using www.labrynth.com or the IP 205.164.8.179) shows that the site does exist -- and it appears to be some consultant company -- they provide, among other things, web page development. So, it looks like one of two things is going on: 1. VictorMaxx has become Labrynth -- a new company. This I doubt -- I just don't think it is the case. I think Labrynth and VictorMaxx are completely unrelated. or, much more likely... 2. VictorMaxx as VMAXX.COM is gone from the Net and their ISP has given their IP (which is probably used to make labrynth a virtual domain anyhow) to a new client -- and simply not removed all of VMAXX.COM's old information yet (which is a mistake on their part, of course -- and would cause problems if VictorMaxx suddenly paid and got VMAXX.COM back). I think #2 is it -- they've simply done away with VMAXX.COM and are now just using VMTI.COM -- which does not yet have a web-site. Guess that is all that I have -- I just wanted to share the info that I could find out. My best guess is still that VictorMaxx possibly filed Chapter 11 and reorganized as VictorMaxx Technologies, Inc. -- that seems the most likely explanation based on what I've come across... Talk to you all later... - John (Goggan)... jgoggan@dcg.com