Package: whois Version: 5.0.0ubuntu3 Severity: normal Tags: patch Trying to `whois` a .co domain results in a redirect to a broken website.
$ whois test.co This TLD has no whois server, but you can access the whois database at https://www.nic.co/ Actually visiting https://www.nic.co/ results in an SSL error due to a self-signed certificate for 'plesk'. I eventually found out that www.whois.co is where online lookups can be made. However, in that process, I actually found a working whois server for .co! According to http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/co.html, the whois server for .co is 'whois.nic.co'. Using `whois -h whois.nic.co test.co` indeed works just fine. tld_serv_list just needs the entry for .co to be updated to use the actual 'whois.nic.co' nameserver rather than link to a broken website. I've included a tested patch against the whois 5.0.6 source to update tld_serv_list. I also noticed that tld_serv_list has a broken entry for uk.co pointing to a nonexistent 'whois.uk.co'. I took the liberty of removing it, as well. Hope this helps! ~reed -- Reed Loden - <[email protected]>
--- whois-5.0.6/tld_serv_list 2010-07-10 19:33:43.000000000 -0500 +++ whois-5.0.6~co-tld/tld_serv_list 2010-07-26 01:29:05.000000000 -0500 @@ -101,18 +101,17 @@ .cg WEB http://www.nic.cg/cgi-bin/whois.pl .ch whois.nic.ch .ci www.nic.ci .ck whois.nic.ck .cl whois.nic.cl .cm WEB http://netcom.cm/whois.php .edu.cn whois.edu.cn .cn whois.cnnic.cn -.uk.co whois.uk.co -.co WEB https://www.nic.co/ +.co whois.nic.co .cr WEB http://www.nic.cr/niccr_publico/showRegistroDominiosScreen.do .cu WEB http://www.nic.cu/consult.html .cv NONE # www.dns.cv? .cx whois.nic.cx .cy WEB http://www.nic.cy/nslookup/online_database.php .cz whois.nic.cz .de whois.denic.de .dj WEB http://www.nic.dj/whois.php # BROKEN 2010-05-06
