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+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>