Re: [PLUG] Whois <IPaddress>

[Asheesh Laroia <plug@asheesh.org>]

On Wed, 6 Oct 2010, Doug Crompton wrote:

> The version that works is :
>
> doug@bridget:~> whois --version
> Version 4.5.6.
>
> doug@bridget:~> whois 123.123.123.123
> #
> # Query terms are ambiguous.  The query is assumed to be:
> #     "n 123.123.123.123"
> #
> # Use "?" to get help.
> #
>
> #
> # The following results may also be obtained via:
> #
> http://whois.arin.net/rest/nets;q=123.123.123.123?showDetails=true&showARIN=false
> #
>
> NetRange:       123.0.0.0 - 123.255.255.255
> CIDR:           123.0.0.0/8
> OriginAS:
> NetName:        APNIC-123
> NetHandle:      NET-123-0-0-0-1
> Parent:
> NetType:        Allocated to APNIC
>
>
> and both
>
> slate:/usr/local/bin # whois --version
> Version 4.7.17.
>
> and
>
> LKG66450E:/# whois --version
> Version 4.7.30.
>
>
> do not work.
>
> BUT the above example. 'whois 123.123.123.123' DOES work. It apparently is
> just certain IP address ranges. Like:
>
>
> slate:/usr/local/bin # whois 108.25.107.40
> Unknown AS number or IP network. Please upgrade this program.
>
>
> So it might be a lookup configuration problem. This last one is a valid US
> Verizon assigned IP address. The fact that the older whois version finds
> and identifies the address would indicate that the data is available and
> that whois is just not finding it.

Silly question, maybe, but does a *future* version work?

Either way it's a regression, and there should be a bug in Debian.

-- Asheesh.
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