[db-wg] Bug?

Tue Jun 20 16:37:29 CEST 2006

Hi!

I got some troubles with web whois service at www.ripe.net.

If my IP is 195.209.50.18 (IPv4) - I can do any queries. But if it is 
2a01:d8:0:99:211:11ff:fe1f:bfc9 (IPv6) - I see this error message back 
to any of my queries (and to non-address queries too):

%ERROR:203: address passing not allowed
%
% Sorry, you are not allowed to pass addresses on the query line.
% Please contact us for such permission. For the moment,
% continuing this will cause permanent denial of access.

Mozilla Firefox tries IPv6 first if there is both addresses and 
connectivities...

Is it a bug or a feature?

-- 
WBR, Maxim V. Tulyev
(MT6561-RIPE, 2:463/253 at FIDO)