Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 17:40:07 GMT From: mdh <mdh_lists@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/128725: whois(1) does not correctly send queries regarding IPv6 addresses to the RIR whois servers Message-ID: <200811091740.mA9He7OJ024070@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/128725; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: mdh <mdh_lists@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: bin/128725: whois(1) does not correctly send queries regarding IPv6 addresses to the RIR whois servers
Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 09:05:55 -0800 (PST)
I was a bit unclear, as I was doing a lot of things at once. You'll also notice a minor bug in my patch (I put the filenames on the command line in the wrong order, oops!) Sorry about that.
Just to clarify, what I mean by the ARIN whois server replicating the behavior seen when querying an IPv4 address is that it returns a pointer to the correct RIR. In the case of IPv6, it doesn't do this right now. I've emailed hostmaster@arin.net to ask about this, as it seems counterintuitive that their whois server behaves differently in this way.
Thanks, Matt
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