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Why another whois client? Because the RIPE client is a mess of hacks and
#ifdefs and more complex programs lack features or are bloated.
In 1999 I wrote this Whois client from scratch because the alternatives
were obsolete or bloated.
This client is intelligent and can automatically select the appropriate
whois server for most queries.
The internal database is often more accurate than IANA's published one,
but please send me any information you have regarding domains and network
resources which are not correctly handled by the program.
Notes about the data files:
- domain names MUST be lowercase and MUST begin with "." or "-".
- first match wins (for both domains and netblocks)
- elements in tld_serv_list are matched against the end of the query
Because of historical reasons this package also contains the mkpasswd
program, which can be used to encrypt a password with crypt(3).
Please send me any information you have regarding domains and netblocks
not correctly handled by the program.
Please also try to compile after defining HAVE_GETADDRINFO and send me
working #defines for your flavour of UNIX.
The home of the program is
The canonical distribution point for releases of the program is
http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/w/whois/ .
Other information sources:
- RIPE-187 and RIPE-189 (from ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ or
http://www.ripe.net/docs/)
- http://www.uninett.no/navn/domreg.html
- http://www.iana.org/root-whois/xx.htm
Useful information sources:
- http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/current-ripe-documents/ripe-database-documents
- http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/
- http://www.icann.org/en/resources/idn/fast-track/string-evaluation-completion
- http://www.aftld.org/
Marco d'Itri
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Marco d'Itri <md@linux.it>

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# http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/
# http://www.icann.org/en/resources/idn/fast-track/string-evaluation-completion
# NIC? means I have not been able to find the registry
#
# Domain names MUST be lowercase and MUST begin with "." or "-".
# First match wins.
# Elements in this list are matched against the end of the query.
# "NIC?" means that I have not been able to find the registry.
.br.com whois.centralnic.net
.cn.com whois.centralnic.net