[Dnsmasq-discuss] whois doesn't find entries

Simon Kelley simon at thekelleys.org.uk
Sun Aug 17 18:03:08 BST 2008


Helmut Hullen wrote:
> Hallo,
> 
> dnsmasq seem to have sometimes problems with "whois" (and related  
> programs).
> 
> 
>         whois 128.163.2.43
> 
> doesn't send a whois entry, but when I change from "dnsmasq" to "bind" I  
> get the desired information.
> 
> The above IP address is just an example, not the only problematic  
> address.
> 

I'm not sure how this is related to dnsmasq: when I run whois, the only 
DNS activity I see is IPv4 and IPv6 lookups for "whois.ripe.net". Are 
you saying that those lookups are failing, or is there something else I 
don't know about?

Cheers,

Simon.




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