[anti-abuse-wg] whois access

On 15/12/11 16:42, russ at consumer.net wrote:
> As for passing through the IP of the requesters of the whois records I
> have asked about this several times.  ARIN told me they don't support
> it and RIPE won't answer my inquiries.  Are there standards for that
> or any other information about setting up some sort of ip address
> pass-through or proxy for whois queries for the RIR's?

That's because whois is one of the simplest protocols there is. For
example, to get the details for 192.0.2.1, just telnet into port 43 of
whois.ripe.net. As soon as the disclaimer comes up, type "192.0.2.1"
followed by enter, and you get the results.

Why would you want to mess up as simple a protocol as that with
something like the X-Forwarded-For header in HTTP?

RIPE can only see the IP you're connecting from, and it's doing a lot
more traffic than a normal IP. If you have a legit need, they can and
will give you bulk access for that ip.

Niall.


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