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libidn2 >= 2.0.3 must be used, or else it would silently remove characters not valid in hostnames like "/" and "_". For details see https://github.com/rfc1036/whois/issues/50 . For more information about IDNA2003 vs. IDNA2008 and TR46 see: http://nmav.gnutls.org/2017/04/the-mess-with-internationalized-domain.html http://unicode.org/faq/idn.html https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/IDNA2008
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. Because of historical reasons this package also contains the mkpasswd program, which can be used to encrypt a password with crypt(3). The canonical distribution point for releases of the program is http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/w/whois/ . 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 <md@linux.it>