Re: RIPE Whois server compliance with IPV6

[Can Bican can@localhost]

Dear Marwan El-Sherif,

Whois server can keep data about IPv6 networks, you can have a look at the 
database reference manual for this, but I think that's part of what you're 
asking for.

Whois server itself isn't IPv6 compliant, that is, it can't currently 
answer queries from ipv6 hosts. However, we implemented a a proxy that 
acts as a bridge between ipv6 hosts and and ipv4 whois server, which you 
can find at:

ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/dbase/software/v6wpd-latest.tar.gz

There is also some documentation on how to setup and use it in the package.

Regards,

On Saturday 20 March 2004 10:01, Marwan El-Sherif wrote:
> Dear All,
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> I would highly appreciate your help in finding documents that clearly
> state that the RIPE WHOIS server is IPV6 compliant. We are currently
> using RIPE WHOIS ver. 3.0.2
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> Thanks,
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> Marwan El-Sherif

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Can Bican
Software Engineering Department
RIPE NCC