persistent connection

Hello Katie,

thank you for your help.
At 10:58 CET (Dec. 05) I had the IP 84.149.167.143 and sent following 
query: "-k 84.149.167.143\n".

I also tried to send "-k 84.149.167.143\r\n" and "-k 84.149.167.143" 
before.

After each query the connection has been closed.

I used following c# code:
>             ...
>             try
>             {           
>                 /* Connecting to server (will crash if address/name is 
> incorrect) */
>                 myClient = new TcpClient("whois.ripe.net", 43);
>                 /* Store the NetworkStream */
>                 myStream = myClient.GetStream();
>                 /* new Text Stream Reader */
>                 reader = new StreamReader(myStream);
>                 /* new Text Stream Writer*/
>                 writer = new StreamWriter(myStream);
>        
>             }
>             catch (Exception e)
>             {
>                 Exception e2 = new Exception("could not connect to 
> server\n" + e.Message);
>                 throw e2;
>             }       
>            
>             ...
>
>             //send query to RIPE DB
>             writer.WriteLine("-k 84.149.167.143\n");
>             writer.Flush();
>             //read RIPE DB query response
>             string response = "";
>             while (!reader.EndOfStream)
>             {
>                 response += reader.ReadLine() + "\n";
>             }
Greetings
Sepp



> On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 04:48:28PM +0100, Sepp wrote:
>
> Dear Sepp,
>
> It looks like your tool sends some broken query at some point, hence the
> error 'No search key specified'.
> Try printing out the complete debugging output of what your tool sends
> to the whois server, and let us know.
>
>  From which IP address are your querying? We might check our log files
> to see which queries exactly did our server receive from your IP.
>
> Katie Petrusha
> RIPE NCC
>
>   
>> Hello all,
>> attention bad english ahead! ;-)
>>
>> I'm writing a tool which queries the RIPE DB to find out the location of 
>> some IP adresses.
>> When I query the database with a string like "84.149.135.10/16\r\n", i 
>> get a correct response and the tcp/ip connection will be closed by RIPE.
>> But because I've to query some more IPs, i would like to let the 
>> connection open.
>> As i read in the RIPE DB manual there is the "-k" flag which should tell 
>> the DB letting the connection open until I send an empty query.
>> In telnet it works fine, but not in my tool.
>> In my tool i'm sending a string like "-k 84.149.135.10/16\r\n" (in 
>> telnet i wrote "-k 84.149.135.10/16" + <return>).
>> The DB output looks like this:
>>
>>     
>>> % This is the RIPE Whois query server #1.
>>> % The objects are in RPSL format.
>>> %
>>> % Note: the default output of the RIPE Whois server
>>> % is changed. Your tools may need to be adjusted. See
>>> % http://www.ripe.net/db/news/abuse-proposal-20050331.html
>>> % for more details.
>>> %
>>> % Rights restricted by copyright.
>>> % See http://www.ripe.net/db/copyright.html
>>>
>>> % Note: This output has been filtered.
>>> %       To receive output for a database update, use the "-B" flag.
>>>
>>> % Information related to '84.136.0.0 - 84.191.255.255'
>>>
>>> inetnum:      84.136.0.0 - 84.191.255.255
>>> netname:      DTAG-DIAL20
>>> descr:        Deutsche Telekom AG
>>> country:      DE
>>> admin-c:      DTIP
>>> tech-c:       DTST
>>> status:       ASSIGNED PA
>>> remarks:      
>>> ******************************************************************
>>> remarks:      * Abuse Contact: http://www.t-com.de/ip-abuse in case of 
>>> Spam,   *
>>> remarks:      * Hack Attacks, Illegal Activity, Violation, Scans, 
>>> Probes, etc. *
>>> remarks:      
>>> ******************************************************************
>>> mnt-by:       DTAG-NIC
>>> source:       RIPE # Filtered
>>>
>>> person:       DTAG Global IP-Addressing
>>> address:      Deutsche Telekom AG
>>> address:      D-90492 Nuernberg
>>> address:      Germany
>>> phone:        +49 180 5334332
>>> fax-no:       +49 180 5334252
>>> e-mail:       ripe.dtip at telekom.de
>>> nic-hdl:      DTIP
>>> mnt-by:       DTAG-NIC
>>> source:       RIPE # Filtered
>>>
>>> person:       Security Team
>>> address:      Deutsche Telekom AG
>>> address:      Germany
>>> phone:        +49 180 5334332
>>> fax-no:       +49 180 5334252
>>> e-mail:       abuse at t-ipnet.de
>>> nic-hdl:      DTST
>>> mnt-by:       DTAG-NIC
>>> source:       RIPE # Filtered
>>>
>>> % Information related to '84.128.0.0/10AS3320'
>>>
>>> route:        84.128.0.0/10
>>> descr:        Deutsche Telekom AG, Internet service provider
>>> origin:       AS3320
>>> member-of:    AS3320:RS-PA-TELEKOM
>>> mnt-by:       DTAG-RR
>>> source:       RIPE # Filtered
>>>
>>>
>>> % This is the RIPE Whois query server #1.
>>> % The objects are in RPSL format.
>>> %
>>> % Note: the default output of the RIPE Whois server
>>> % is changed. Your tools may need to be adjusted. See
>>> % http://www.ripe.net/db/news/abuse-proposal-20050331.html
>>> % for more details.
>>> %
>>> % Rights restricted by copyright.
>>> % See http://www.ripe.net/db/copyright.html
>>>
>>> %ERROR:106: no search key specified
>>> %
>>> % No search key specified
>>>       
>> Thx and greetings
>> ~Sepp
>>
>>
>>
>>     
>
>   

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