On 12/08/05, Henning Brauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Andreas Kahari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-08-12 15:47]: > > Hi, > > > > I added the African Network Information Center (AfriNIC) whois server > > to a new switch (-f) in the whois(1) utility. > > > > A simple diff for whois.c and whois.1 is attached. > > > > The new part of the manual says: > > > > > > -f Use the African Network Information Center (AfriNIC) database. > > It contains network numbers registered on the African > > continent. > > > > I am not sure it makes sense to add these kind of abbreviations to our > whois. NICs come and go, we'll soon run out of letters. I'd much prefer > making > $ whois 1.2.3.4 > "Just Work", but I haven't looked into that.
I agree with that principle, but Africa is one of the big land areas out there, with a lot of countries on it, just like Asia and Europe, and I thought it would make sense to their AfriNIC in there just like we have APNIC and RIPE. I will need to look more closely on how to automatically look up AfriNIC when a RIPE entry refers to it. I'm a bit short on time right now, but might give it a go next week unless someone could point me in the right direction (or simply makes it happen somehow). Cheers, Andreas -- Andreas Kahari
