[db-wg] Changes for abuse

dfoley wrote:

> This document is very confusing.
>  
> The section : "(3) Adding 'abuse output' Option " describes the
> changes to the result returned for "$ whois 10.0.0.10". However the
> result displayed is actually the result before the change. This is
> followed by a description of the result of "$ whois -b 10.0.0.10". The
> result includes "e-mail:" attributes but no "abuse-mailbox:" attribute.

That is an error. I'll get this fixed.

> So which request do I use to obtain the  "abuse-mailbox:" attibute? .
> In your examples it is only returned with the "$ whois -L 10.0.0.10".
> And yet I am supposed to use the "$ whois -b 10.0.0.10" to get the
> abuse contacts. Should I expect to ignore the attributes and treat any
> email address returned with the "whois -b" request as an abuse contact?
>  
> I have tried using the "whois -b" and I have yet to get a result
> without ERROR appearing.
>
It works when you look up a network with "mnt-irt:"

http://www.ripe.net/fcgi-bin/whois?-b+131.220.0.0

One possible improvement might be to make the "-b" flag work like this:

- If there is "mnt-irt:" work as now
- Otherwise, do a normal query, and output "e-mail:"

--
Shane