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From: Mike Barcroft <mike@coffee.q9media.com>
Subject: Re: bin/24707: [patch] Whois IP Address Handling
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The following reply was made to PR bin/24707; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Mike Barcroft <mike@coffee.q9media.com>
To: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: bin/24707: [patch] Whois IP Address Handling
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 11:31:26 -0500 (EST)

 > Just a little comment - I think in checking for dotted-quad IP addresses
 > you should be doing just that - check for dotted quads, not just check
 > for a starting digit.  Yes, I know that the RFC's forbid - or at least
 > express a mild disagreement - with labels starting with a digit, but
 > in the real world, your patch would break e.g. 'whois 42.com' :(
 
 Not true.  The patch checks the TLD, so 42.com works and 10.0.0.0 goes to
 ARIN.  Since a TLD is never going to be a digit, it's safe to assume that
 it's an IP address.
 
 Best regards,
 Mike Barcroft
 


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