Re: WHOIS rejection from strange IP address

2024-12-02 Thread vi...@wlcr.net
On 2024/12/02 12:02 PM, Andy Smith wrote: Hi, On Mon, Dec 02, 2024 at 11:34:52AM -0500, vi...@wlcr.net wrote: On 2024/11/27 01:57 AM, Timothy M Butterworth wrote: I get a similar but slightly different error message. tmb@hp-debian:~$ whois 191.96.36.56 % IP Client: 2607:fb90

Re: WHOIS rejection from strange IP address

2024-12-02 Thread vi...@wlcr.net
On 2024/11/27 01:57 AM, Timothy M Butterworth wrote: On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 1:51 AM Timothy M Butterworth <mailto:timothy.m.butterwo...@gmail.com>> wrote: On Tue, Nov 26, 2024 at 4:02 PM vi...@wlcr.net <mailto:vi...@wlcr.net> mailto:vi...@wlcr.net>> wrote

WHOIS rejection from strange IP address

2024-11-26 Thread vi...@wlcr.net
Can anyone explain why whois on a Debian server gets a rejection as if through a proxy server? Does the Debian command "whois" not connect directly to the various databases? $whois 191.96.36.56 % IP Client: 64.25x.xx.xx  % This is the RIPE Database query service. % The objects are in RPSL fo