Package: whois Version: 5.0.11 Whois tool currently support only queries on 43 port of whois servers as I can see. At the same time ARIN.net support only RESTful interfaces and discourage you from using old fashioned 43 port interface: """ For the purposes of programmatic consumption, ARIN recommends the use of the RESTful Web Service and strongly discourages the use of the NICNAME/WHOIS port 43 service. """ ( https://www.arin.net/resources/whoisrws/whois_api.html )
In result this is what user see, when he perform a query with whois tool: % whois 108.41.239.216 ... # # The following results may also be obtained via: # http://whois.arin.net/rest/nets;q=108.41.239.216?showDetails=true&showARIN=true&ext=netref2 # Verizon Online LLC VIS-BLOCK (NET-108-0-0-0-1) 108.0.0.0 - 108.57.255.255 American Registry for Internet Numbers NET108 (NET-108-0-0-0-0) 108.0.0.0 - 108.255.255.255 ... Not very user friendly to send user to another service I think. I wonder if maintainer could add support of ARIN RESTful interface to whois tool. It must be very easy, since ARIN already provide XSL: http://whois.arin.net/ui/arin.xsl
