Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 08:10:09 -0800 (PST) From: James Raftery <james@now.ie> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/48914: [PATCH] Add flag to whois(1) to query IANA TLD WHOIS server Message-ID: <200303071610.h27GA9PQ031215@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/48914; it has been noted by GNATS. From: James Raftery <james@now.ie> To: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/48914: [PATCH] Add flag to whois(1) to query IANA TLD WHOIS server Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 16:03:52 +0000 Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> wrote: > There's always ${tld}.whois-servers.net ; this works in every case I've > tried. whois(1) already uses that service. That's how, for example, 'whois denic.de' works. However, the WHOIS server at de.whois-servers.net cannot tell you about 'de', only '<something>.de'. The WHOIS server that knows about top-levels domains themselves (ie, uk, de, com, int, ...) is whois.iana.org. Regards, james To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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