bin/128725: [patch] whois(1) does not correctly send queries regarding IPv6 addresses to the RIR whois servers

[Dan Mahoney, System Admin]

The following reply was made to PR bin/128725; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Dan Mahoney, System Admin" <danm at prime.gushi.org>
To: bug-followup at FreeBSD.org, mdh_lists at yahoo.com
Cc:  
Subject: Re: bin/128725: [patch] whois(1) does not correctly send queries
 regarding IPv6 addresses to the RIR whois servers
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 21:42:21 -0500 (EST)

 From a quick query of ARIN, this issue appears to be mostly fixed.  The 
 stubs are in place in the arin DB and the referral server fields are 
 populated.
 
 FreeBSD 8 still lacks the ability to have whois(1) "just work" with a v6 
 address, as it does with a v4 (although the -6 option is now gone).
 
 2001:610:240:22::c100:687 == whois.ripe.net
 
 prime# whois -a 2001:610:240:22::c100:687
 
 OrgName:    RIPE Network Coordination Centre
 OrgID:      RIPE
 Address:    P.O. Box 10096
 City:       Amsterdam
 StateProv:
 PostalCode: 1001EB
 Country:    NL
 
 ReferralServer: whois://whois.ripe.net:43
 
 NetRange:   2001:0600:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000 - 
 2001:07FF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF
 CIDR:       2001:0600:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000/23
 NetName:    EU-ZZ-2001-0600
 NetHandle:  NET6-2001-600-1
 Parent:
 NetType:    Allocated to RIPE NCC
 Comment:
 RegDate:    1999-07-01
 Updated:    2008-11-14
 
 The problem is, using -a seems to disable the following of referral 
 servers. (As I tried with a v4 ip as well).
 
 There should PROBABLY be some mention of the special treatment of the 
 "Referral Server" field in the manpage as well, as well as perhaps an 
 option to continue following referrals even when a specific server is used 
 as a starting point.
 
 -Dan Mahoney
 
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