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In article <1990Nov28.174510.27994@bellcore.bellcore.com> pc@ALEX.wif.ctt.bellcore.com (Peter Clitherow) writes:

> Is there a defined protocol in the DNS for locating information about
> (say) MegaWidget Corporation in the top level domain servers?

Sort of.  If you know the leading string under which their domain is
registered, you can use the whois service at nic.ddn.mil.  The trailing
dot is a wildcard; you can only match on prefixes.

% whois 'domain University of Wisconsin.'
University of Wisconsin - Centers (UWC-DOM)                            UWC.EDU
University of Wisconsin - Green Bay (UWGB-DOM)                        UWGB.EDU
University of Wisconsin - River Falls (UWRF-DOM)                      UWRF.EDU
University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point (UWSP-DOM)                    UWSP.EDU
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (UWM-DOM)                           UWM.EDU
University of Wisconsin- System Administration (UWSA-DOM)             UWSA.EDU
University of Wisconsin-Extension (UWEX-DOM)                          UWEX.EDU
University of Wisconsin (UWEC-DOM)                                    UWEC.EDU
University of Wisconsin (UWLAX-DOM)                                  UWLAX.EDU
University of Wisconsin (UWOSH-DOM)                                  UWOSH.EDU
University of Wisconsin (UWPLATT-DOM)                              UWPLATT.EDU
University of Wisconsin (UWW-DOM)                                      UWW.EDU
University of Wisconsin (WISC-DOM)                                    WISC.EDU
University of Wisconsin (WISCNET-DOM)                              WISCNET.NET

To single out one record, look it up with "!xxx", where xxx is the
handle, shown in parenthesis following the name, which comes first.

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John Kohl <jtkohl@ATHENA.MIT.EDU> or <jtkohl@MIT.EDU>
Digital Equipment Corporation/Project Athena
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