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Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 12:57:09 -0500
Subject: Re: bin/24707: [patch] Whois IP Address Handling
From: Mike Barcroft <mike@q9media.com>
To: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg>
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>>> If a host is not specified and the user enters a query of
>>> an IP address, query whois.arin.net instead of returning:
>>> whois: 0.whois-servers.net: No Address associated with hostname
>> 
>> What does this do for European addresses?  Normally we'd use
>> whois.ripe.net for these.  Is there anyway that you can modify this
>> patch to get these referred?  If you can I'll definitely integrate it.
> 
> Hmm I was wondering about the same thing.. this is not just about
> American vs. European, either - whois already has cmdline switches
> for .mil, US DoD, NetSol, RADB, Russian, Asian and 6bone address
> queries; to add the proper auto-recognition would mean differentiation
> by address class, first octet, type or whatever.  I do not really
> think this is feasible.
> 
> Mmm.. is the originator aware of the -a option to whois, which
> already queries ARIN?

ARIN will either return information about the record or tell you the correct
whois server to query.

# whois -a 195.92.95.0
European Regional Internet Registry/RIPE NCC (NETBLK-RIPE-C)
   These addresses have been further assigned to European users.
   Contact information can be found in the RIPE database, via the
   WHOIS and TELNET servers at whois.ripe.net, and at
   http://www.ripe.net/db/whois.html

[snip]

The question is, which is more correct: to return an error even though we
know the user has entered an IP address, or to query a whois server which
will return meaningful data.

Best regards,
Mike Barcroft



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