On Wed, Jan 17, 2007 at 03:22:18PM +0300, Hari wrote: > When I invoke `jwhois' with arguments domain.es from an ordinary shell > prompt it prints `lynx : accès impossible au fichier de départ > http://www.nic.es/cgi-bin/consulta.whois'. > Here is a transcript: > > $ jwhois jexiste.es > [Dans la cache] > > Recherche www.nic.es > Connexion HTTP à www.nic.es > Envoi de la requête HTTP > Demande acheminée au serveur. Veuillez attendre > HTTP/1.1 302 Found > Transfert de données terminé > HTTP/1.1 302 Found > Utilisation de https://www.nic.es/cgi-bin/consulta.whois > Recherche www.nic.es > Connexion HTTPS à www.nic.es > > lynx : accès impossible au fichier de départ > http://www.nic.es/cgi-bin/consulta.whois
Apparently, there is no whois server for .es, and instead jwhois has been using a CGI based server to extract whois information. However, it now seems that the .es NIC have changed the URL for this service, and furthermore, have now put image validation on it: https://www.nic.es/esnic/esn/verValidacionWhoisAction?dominio=nic.es Unless someone knows of a working whois server for .es that doesn't require image validation, not much can be done about this problem, other than lobbying the Spanish NIC organisation to provide a decent system for finding information. Paul. -- Paul Dwerryhouse | PGP Key ID: 0x6B91B584
