Announcement: RIPE Whois Database Version 3.0beta2 released

On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 02:39:26PM -0000, Sam Mortimer wrote:
> > From: Nipper, Arnold [mailto:arnold.nipper at de-cix.net]
> > Sent: 19 January 2001 14:10
> > 
> > rpsl.ripe.net doesn't seem to exist ...
> > 
> > whois -h whois rpsl.ripe.net Daniele Arena
------------^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

> > whois: whois: Unknown host: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
> > 
> > Let's have a look ...
> > 
> > ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> > rpsl.ripe.net.          1d23h59m55s IN CNAME  reimp.ripe.net.
> > reimp.ripe.net.         1d23h59m55s IN CNAME  orange.ripe.net.
> > orange.ripe.net.        1d23h59m55s IN A  193.0.1.239
> > 
> > Yeah, don't do that. Don't use CNAME to CNAME. Pls fix,
> 
> CNAME to CNAME is fine.  it's used all the time with reverse DNS.  works
> fine for me.
> 

For me as well. Sometimes it's worth to first read and than write.

> Regards,
> -Sam.
> 

CU, Arnold
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