[anti-abuse-wg] whois servers spinning today

Dear Colleague,

The RIPE Database does not hold any forward domain data. So it is 
correct when it returns "no entries found" for this query. We are not 
experiencing any problems today with response times on accessing the 
RIPE Database.

Regards
Denis Walker
Business Analyst
RIPE NCC Database Group

On 19/10/2012 13:15, U.Mutlu wrote:
> The whois servers whois.ripe.net and whois.arin.net seem to have
> problems today
> as they either don't respond, or when they respond then with empty results:
>
>
> ########################################
> # whois -h whois.ripe.net google.de
> % 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
>
> %ERROR:101: no entries found
> %
> % No entries found in source RIPE.
>
> % This query was served by the RIPE Database Query Service version 1.35
> (WHOIS4)
>
>
> ########################################
> # whois -h whois.arin.net sprint.net
> #
> # Query terms are ambiguous.  The query is assumed to be:
> #     "e / sprint.net"
> #
> # Use "?" to get help.
> #
>
> No match found for sprint.net.
>
> #
> # ARIN WHOIS data and services are subject to the Terms of Use
> # available at: https://www.arin.net/whois_tou.html
> #
>
>
> ########################################
> # whois sprint.net
> getaddrinfo(whois.crsnic.net): Name or service not known
>
> ########################################
>
>