Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 15:10:15 -0800 (PST) From: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/48914: [PATCH] Add flag to whois(1) to query IANA TLD WHOIS server Message-ID: <200303062310.h26NAF1L076074@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/48914; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> To: James Raftery <james@now.ie> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/48914: [PATCH] Add flag to whois(1) to query IANA TLD WHOIS server Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 23:06:39 +0000 On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 09:30:07AM -0800, James Raftery wrote: > The following reply was made to PR bin/48914; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: James Raftery <james@now.ie> > To: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ab.ca> > Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: bin/48914: [PATCH] Add flag to whois(1) to query IANA TLD WHOIS server > Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 17:21:20 +0000 > > Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ab.ca> wrote: > > Instead of adding a flag, wouldn't it be more intuitive if whois > > automatically queried IANA when presented with a single-level > > domain component? That is, if the host argument contains zero > > '.' characters, > > I had considered that, but that risks violation of POLA. I didn't > want to change the bahaviour of 'whois foo', for any value of 'foo'. > > > or a single '.' at the end of the host argument, > > assume it's a TLD and query the IANA server? > > That might be useful too. There's always ${tld}.whois-servers.net ; this works in every case I've tried. Ceri -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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