Question about whois

[UltraZero]

Good day.

I am wondering if  you are in the US and performing whois, are you using whois.arin.net?
I am not able to get the correct information from whois.arin.net

example
whois  -  2001:12c0:0:aaaa:200:154:56:96 -h whois.arin.net

apparently their format has changed and the output doesn't work on he.nets website.

any alternative host??  '

Thanks

[cholzhauer]

That particular IP is assigned through LANIC

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[carl@mars ~]$ whois -h whois.arin.net 2001:12c0:0:aaaa:200:154:56:96
#
# Query terms are ambiguous.  The query is assumed to be:
#     "n 2001:12c0:0:aaaa:200:154:56:96"
#
# Use "?" to get help.
#

#
# The following results may also be obtained via:
# http://whois.arin.net/rest/nets;q=2001:12c0:0:aaaa:200:154:56:96?showDetails=true&showARIN=true
#

NetRange:       2001:1200:: - 2001:13FF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF
CIDR:           2001:1200::/23
OriginAS:
NetName:        LACNIC-V6-NET
NetHandle:      NET6-2001-1200-1
Parent:
NetType:        Allocated to LACNIC
RegDate:        2002-11-01
Updated:        2008-11-14
Ref:            http://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET6-2001-1200-1

OrgName:        Latin American and Caribbean IP address Regional Registry
OrgId:          LACNIC
Address:        Rambla Republica de Mexico 6125
City:           Montevideo
StateProv:
PostalCode:     11400
Country:        UY
RegDate:        2002-07-27
Updated:        2007-01-09
Ref:            http://whois.arin.net/rest/org/LACNIC

ReferralServer: whois://whois.lacnic.net

OrgTechHandle: LACNIC-ARIN
OrgTechName:   LACNIC Whois Info
OrgTechPhone:  999-999-9999
OrgTechEmail:  whois-contact@lacnic.net
OrgTechRef:    http://whois.arin.net/rest/poc/LACNIC-ARIN

#
# ARIN WHOIS data and services are subject to the Terms of Use
# available at: https://www.arin.net/whois_tou.html
#


[UltraZero]

Hmmm.   ::)

That's a different twist.

The problem I am having is submitting whois entries on a daily basis.  All fail.
I submitted  yours as an example and it too failed.

Apparently whois.arin.net has changed their format according to He.net and their answers
won't pass the test.

Hmm.. 

Any other suggestions??

Thanks



Thanks much..

[leibold]

I just finished my 100 daily whois tests and everything was still normal a few days ago.

Here is how Hurricane Electric's IPv6 block looks now:

#
# Query terms are ambiguous.  The query is assumed to be:
#     "n 2001:470::1"
#
# Use "?" to get help.
#

#
# The following results may also be obtained via:
# http://whois.arin.net/rest/nets;q=2001:470::1?showDetails=true&showARIN=true
#

American Registry for Internet Numbers ARIN-001 (NET6-2001-400-0) 2001:400:: - 2001:5FF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF
Hurricane Electric, Inc. HURRICANE-IPV6 (NET6-2001-470-1) 2001:470:: - 2001:470:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF


#
# ARIN WHOIS data and services are subject to the Terms of Use
# available at: https://www.arin.net/whois_tou.html
#

Until someone comes up with a clever solution or HE changes their whois parser to accept the new format I suggest you submit whois results from the other registries.

[UltraZero]

The response I get from the other registries is that the registy information is not found.

I just submitted whois 2001:470::1
#
# Query terms are ambiguous.  The query is assumed to be:
#     "n 2001:470::1"
#
# Use "?" to get help.
#

#
# The following results may also be obtained via:
# http://whois.arin.net/rest/nets;q=2001:470::1?showDetails=true&showARIN=true
#

American Registry for Internet Numbers ARIN-001 (NET6-2001-400-0) 2001:400:: - 2001:5FF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF
Hurricane Electric, Inc. HURRICANE-IPV6 (NET6-2001-470-1) 2001:470:: - 2001:470:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF


#
# ARIN WHOIS data and services are subject to the Terms of Use
# available at: https://www.arin.net/whois_tou.html
#

and I got It looks like you submitted an invalid whois query!

Hmm.  any suggestions.

[UltraZero]

I also don't think the colleges which I have tried are handling IPv6.

example umn.edu  University of Minnisota


No matches were found


whois  - 2001:4860:4001:803::1014 -h umn.edu

No matches were found.

[leibold]

What are you doing to access the other registries ?
The whois client I'm using automatically selects the appropriate registry to fetch the information from. The only thing I give as argument is the IPv6 address that I do want information about.

First I use dig to get the IPv6 address for the IPv6 domain I want to use (which takes care of the daily dig test too):

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dig stupid.domain.name AAAA

; <<>> DiG 9.7.3-P1 <<>> stupid.domain.name AAAA
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 62671
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;stupid.domain.name.            IN      AAAA

;; ANSWER SECTION:
stupid.domain.name.     720     IN      AAAA    2a02:80:3ffe::39

;; Query time: 20 msec
;; SERVER: 2001:470:20::2#53(2001:470:20::2)
;; WHEN: Sun Jul 10 08:31:45 2011
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 64


Then I use the IPv6 address for the whois:

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whois 2a02:80:3ffe::39
% This is the RIPE Database query service.
% The objects are in RPSL format.
%
% The RIPE Database is subject to Terms and Conditions.
% See http://www.ripe.net/db/support/db-terms-conditions.pdf

% Note: this output has been filtered.
%       To receive output for a database update, use the "-B" flag.

% Information related to '2a02:80::/32'

inet6num:       2a02:80::/32
netname:        SE-TELESERVICE-20080222
descr:          Teleservice Bredband Skane AB
remarks:        SE-TELESERVICE-IPV6
country:        SE
org:            ORG-TBSA4-RIPE
admin-c:        TR1369-RIPE
tech-c:         TR1369-RIPE
status:         ALLOCATED-BY-RIR
mnt-by:         RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
mnt-lower:      TELESERVICE-MNT
mnt-routes:     TELESERVICE-MNT
source:         RIPE # Filtered

organisation:   ORG-TBSA4-RIPE
org-name:       Teleservice Bredband Skane AB
org-type:       LIR
address:        Teleservice Bredband Skane AB
                Jens Andersson
                Bredband
                BOX  123
                27523 SJOBO
                SWEDEN
phone:          +4641625100
fax-no:         +4641625125
mnt-ref:        TELESERVICE-MNT
mnt-ref:        RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
mnt-by:         RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
source:         RIPE # Filtered

role:           TELESERVICE ROLE
address:        Teleservice Bredband Skane AB
address:        Vastergatan 14
                S-275 23 SJOBO
                Sweden
phone:          +46 416-25100
fax-no:         +46 416-25125
abuse-mailbox:  abuse@teleservice.net
admin-c:        JA838-RIPE
tech-c:         JA838-RIPE
mnt-by:         TELESERVICE-MNT
nic-hdl:        TR1369-RIPE
source:         RIPE # Filtered

% Information related to '2a02:80::/32AS34244'

route6:         2a02:80::/32
descr:          TELESERVICE-NET
origin:         AS34244
mnt-by:         TELESERVICE-MNT
source:         RIPE # Filtered


It is that easy.