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@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +In 1999 I wrote this Whois client from scratch because the alternatives +were obsolete or bloated. + +This client is intelligent and can automatically select the appropriate +whois server for most queries. + +The internal database is often more accurate than IANA's published one, +but please send me any information you have regarding domains and network +resources which are not correctly handled by the program. + +Because of historical reasons this package also contains the mkpasswd +program, which can be used to encrypt a password with crypt(3). + + +The canonical distribution point for releases of the program is +https://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/w/whois/ . + + +Useful information sources: +- https://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/current-ripe-documents/ripe-database-documents +- https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/ +- https://www.icann.org/en/resources/idn/fast-track/string-evaluation-completion +- https://www.aftld.org/ + +Marco d'Itri <md@linux.it> |