Re: Announcement: RIPE Whois Database Version 3.0beta2 released

[Maxim Shchetynin <]

Peter Koch wrote:
> 
> > whois -h whois rpsl.ripe.net Daniele Arena
> > whois: whois: Unknown host: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden

Try also
  whois -h whois.ripe.net ...
                 ^^^^^^^^

> > Let's have a look ...
> >
> > ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> > rpsl.ripe.net.          1d23h59m55s IN CNAME  reimp.ripe.net.
> > reimp.ripe.net.         1d23h59m55s IN CNAME  orange.ripe.net.
> > orange.ripe.net.        1d23h59m55s IN A  193.0.1.239
> >
> > Yeah, don't do that. Don't use CNAME to CNAME. Pls fix,
> 
> There's nothing to fix here. CNAME chains are perfectly legal by the protocol.
> Your client's complaining about the host name "whois" which you gave
> as the argument to the -h option.
> 
> -Peter

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