Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 02:50:06 GMT From: "Dan Mahoney, System Admin" <danm@prime.gushi.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/128725: [patch] whois(1) does not correctly send queries regarding IPv6 addresses to the RIR whois servers Message-ID: <201001060250.o062o59b002929@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/128725; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Dan Mahoney, System Admin" <danm@prime.gushi.org> To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, mdh_lists@yahoo.com Cc: Subject: Re: bin/128725: [patch] whois(1) does not correctly send queries regarding IPv6 addresses to the RIR whois servers Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 21:42:21 -0500 (EST) From a quick query of ARIN, this issue appears to be mostly fixed. The stubs are in place in the arin DB and the referral server fields are populated. FreeBSD 8 still lacks the ability to have whois(1) "just work" with a v6 address, as it does with a v4 (although the -6 option is now gone). 2001:610:240:22::c100:687 == whois.ripe.net prime# whois -a 2001:610:240:22::c100:687 OrgName: RIPE Network Coordination Centre OrgID: RIPE Address: P.O. Box 10096 City: Amsterdam StateProv: PostalCode: 1001EB Country: NL ReferralServer: whois://whois.ripe.net:43 NetRange: 2001:0600:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000 - 2001:07FF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF CIDR: 2001:0600:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000/23 NetName: EU-ZZ-2001-0600 NetHandle: NET6-2001-600-1 Parent: NetType: Allocated to RIPE NCC Comment: RegDate: 1999-07-01 Updated: 2008-11-14 The problem is, using -a seems to disable the following of referral servers. (As I tried with a v4 ip as well). There should PROBABLY be some mention of the special treatment of the "Referral Server" field in the manpage as well, as well as perhaps an option to continue following referrals even when a specific server is used as a starting point. -Dan Mahoney -- "No mowore webooting!!!" -Paul, 10-16-99, 10 PM --------Dan Mahoney-------- Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM Site: http://www.gushi.org ---------------------------
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