[dns-operations] Glue IP addresses in whois output in .com (and may be others)

[Jim Reid]

> On 9 Oct 2017, at 16:41, Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer at nic.fr> wrote:
> 
>> Why are you looking for glue records with a whois client? Isn’t that
>> best done using a DNS tool like dig?
> 
> Some domains are registered but not published in the DNS.

I’m even more puzzled Stephane. If some domains are not published in the DNS, why would anyone care about their (non-existent) glue?