[db-wg] domain: object normalization

Hi,

I keep on bumping into something with the RIPE database. I'm used to the
pedantic trailing dot in hostnames, such as 'www.bit.nl.'; I also always
write domains like so: '122.109.193.in-addr.arpa.'.

$ whois -h whois.ripe.net 122.109.193.in-addr.arpa.
% This is the RIPE Whois server.
% The objects are in RPSL format.
%
% Rights restricted by copyright.
% See http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/pub-services/db/copyright.html

%ERROR:101: no entries found
%
% No entries found in the selected source(s).

Without the trailing dot, this works just fine. Is it feasable to have
the scanner normalize the hostname/domain into something that your
backend can look up ? 


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