Problem with whois.ripe.net?

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1

I'm seeing this from multiple locations. Anyone else? I get a similar response from their web whois as well.

whois -h whois.ripe.net <any IP address, RIPE or otherwise>

% This is the RIPE Whois secondary server.
% The objects are in RPSL format.
%
% Rights restricted by copyright.
% See http://www.ripe.net/db/copyright.html

inetnum: 0.0.0.0 - 255.255.255.255
netname: IANA-BLK
descr: The whole IPv4 address space
country: EU # Country is really world wide
org: ORG-IANA1-RIPE
admin-c: IANA1-RIPE
tech-c: IANA1-RIPE
status: ALLOCATED UNSPECIFIED
remarks: The country is really worldwide.
remarks: This address space is assigned at various other places in
remarks: the world and might therefore not be in the RIPE database.
mnt-by: RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
mnt-lower: RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
mnt-routes: RIPE-NCC-RPSL-MNT
changed: bitbucket@ripe.net 20010529
changed: bitbucket@ripe.net 20020625
changed: hostmaster@ripe.net 20031014
changed: bitbucket@ripe.net 20040422
changed: bitbucket@ripe.net 20040504
source: RIPE

organisation: ORG-IANA1-RIPE
org-name: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
org-type: IANA
address: see http://www.iana.org
remarks: The IANA allocates IP addresses and AS number blocks to RIRs
remarks: see http://www.iana.org/ipaddress/ip-addresses.htm
remarks: and http://www.iana.org/assignments/as-numbers
e-mail: bitbucket@ripe.net
admin-c: IANA1-RIPE
tech-c: IANA1-RIPE
mnt-ref: RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
mnt-by: RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
changed: bitbucket@ripe.net 20040417
source: RIPE

role: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
address: see http://www.iana.org.
e-mail: bitbucket@ripe.net
admin-c: IANA1-RIPE
tech-c: IANA1-RIPE
nic-hdl: IANA1-RIPE
remarks: For more information on IANA services
remarks: go to IANA web site at http://www.iana.org.
mnt-by: RIPE-NCC-MNT
changed: bitbucket@ripe.net 20010411
source: RIPE

2

Everything is fine here

whois -h whois.ripe.net -r -T inetnum 80.81.192.0/20
% This is the RIPE Whois secondary server.
% The objects are in RPSL format.
%
% Rights restricted by copyright.
% See http://www.ripe.net/db/copyright.html

inetnum: 80.81.192.0 - 80.81.207.255
org: ORG-DtGI1-RIPE
netname: DE-CIX-20010724
descr: Provider Local Registry
country: DE
admin-c: AN6695-RIPE
tech-c: AN6695-RIPE
tech-c: GD9-RIPE
notify: arnold.nipper@de-cix.net
status: ALLOCATED PA
mnt-by: RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
mnt-lower: DECIX-MNT
mnt-routes: DECIX-MNT
changed: hostmaster@ripe.net 20010724
changed: hostmaster@ripe.net 20020614
source: RIPE

3

Odd. It’s working now.

Arnold Nipper wrote:

4

It works for me:

jwhois 193.110.157.0 -h whois.ripe.net
[Querying whois.ripe.net]
[whois.ripe.net]
% This is the RIPE Whois secondary server.
% The objects are in RPSL format.
%
% Rights restricted by copyright.
% See http://www.ripe.net/db/copyright.html

inetnum: 193.110.157.0 - 193.110.157.255
netname: XTDNET
descr: Xtended Internet
country: NL
admin-c: PW237-RIPE
tech-c: PW237-RIPE
notify: paul@xtdnet.nl
status: ASSIGNED PI
mnt-by: XTDNET-MNT
mnt-by: RIPE-NCC-HM-PI-MNT
mnt-lower: RIPE-NCC-HM-PI-MNT
mnt-routes: XTDNET-MNT
changed: hostmaster@ripe.net 20020219
source: RIPE

[ snip the rest ]

5

Just now I got correct responses on (my own) RIPE assigned address
block, accessing from multiple locations, and via their website.

6

Yes, I verified it. Oddly, it was preceeded by not being able to run a whois against whois.ripe.net for about 20 minutes from my location (connection timed out). Seems to be working fine now. Must be the gremlins.

Jeje wrote:

7

Or maybe you got banned for too many connections/minute or requesting too much data. RIPE auto-block whois queries based on both criteria, iirc.

regards,

8

But then you get a notification and not only a simple timeout ... iirc

Arnold