Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 12:48:37 -0800 (PST) From: tstromberg@rtci.com To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/10627: whois.c points to old nic.ddn.mil address which no longer exists Message-ID: <19990316204837.D5B6D1516B@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 10627
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: whois.c points to old nic.ddn.mil address which no longer exists
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Tue Mar 16 12:50:00 PST 1999
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Thomas Stromberg
>Release: 3.1-RELEASE
>Organization:
Research Triangle Consultants, Inc.
>Environment:
FreeBSD under.suspicion.org 3.1-STABLE FreeBSD 3.1-STABLE #0: Fri Mar 12 20:52:50 EST 1999 root@under.suspicion.org:/usr/src/sys/compile/COUNTER_INTELLIGENCE i386
>Description:
whois.c (/usr/bin/whois) has an old #define for the DDN NIC
(nic.ddn.mil). This host has been replaced by nic.nic.mil.
>How-To-Repeat:
try and use whois -d ...
[ventrex@under] whois> whois -d disa.mil
whois: nic.ddn.mil: Unknown host
>Fix:
--- whois.c Tue Mar 16 15:35:48 1999
+++ whois.fixed.c Tue Mar 16 15:35:58 1999
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
#include <unistd.h>
#define NICHOST "whois.internic.net"
-#define DNICHOST "nic.ddn.mil"
+#define DNICHOST "nic.nic.mil"
#define ANICHOST "whois.arin.net"
#define RNICHOST "whois.ripe.net"
#define PNICHOST "whois.apnic.net"
>Release-Note:
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