Whois server

[Wilfried Woeber, UniVie/ACOnet]

  Dear all,

=> Does anybody know how to get a freeware Whois server? just like the one for 6Bone
=
=I don't know if the following is ok for you, but you can get a whois
=server from RIPE , at the following address:
=
=ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/dbase/software/ripe-dbase-2.3.1.tar.gz
=
=This one works like a charm, but it doesn't handle IPv6 (6bone) extensions

  ...it *does* support the IPv6 address registry (see below).

    [ Btw, alongside the most recent IETF in W/DC we've already started
      the effort to extend/develop the tools for a future IPv6 *routing*
      registry, like RPSL, tunnel definition, etc...  Initially this is
      going to be persued in the framework of the RIPE Routing WG ]
  
> whois -h whois.ripe.net -r at-aconet-19990920

% Rights restricted by copyright. See http://www.ripe.net/db/dbcopyright.html

inet6num:    2001:0628::/35
netname:     AT-ACONET-19990920
descr:       ACOnet Sub-TLA block
country:     AT
admin-c:     WW144
tech-c:      WW144
tech-c:      WK42
tech-c:      EJ63
tech-c:      CP8-RIPE
status:      SUBTLA
notify:      Domain-Admin@UniVie.ac.at
mnt-by:      RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
mnt-lower:   ACONET-LIR-MNT
changed:     hostmaster@ripe.net 19990920
source:      RIPE

  In case you're looking for the 6bone specific things, David Kessens'
  6bone-version is available by way of the 6Bone pages, specifically at
  
http://www.ip.qwest.net/~david/6bone/ripe-whois-tools+6bone-extensions-latest.tar.gz

  Cheers,
  Wilfried.
  (RIPE DataBase WG chair)
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