RE: Announcement: RIPE Whois Database Version 3.0beta2 released

• To: "'Nipper, Arnold'" < >
• From: Sam Mortimer < >
• Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 14:39:26 -0000

> From: Nipper, Arnold [
	    
	    
]
> Sent: 19 January 2001 14:10
> 
> rpsl.ripe.net doesn't seem to exist ...
> 
> whois -h whois rpsl.ripe.net Daniele Arena
> whois: whois: Unknown host: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
> 
> 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,

CNAME to CNAME is fine.  it's used all the time with reverse DNS.  works
fine for me.

Regards,
-Sam.

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