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Subject: Re: [outages] =?utf-8?q?whois=2Eafrinic=2Enet_IPv6_down=3F?=
From: Graham Beneke <graham () neology ! co ! za>
Date: 2012-02-18 4:38:29
Message-ID: 16938c61cf9f8d1519e330e23cc94c8f () 127 ! 0 ! 0 ! 1
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On Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:02:57 -0500, Chuck Anderson <cra@wpi.edu> wrote:
>>whois -n 81.192.53.76
> [Querying whois.afrinic.net]
> [Unable to connect to remote host]
>
>>telnet whois.afrinic.net whois
> Trying 2001:42d0:0:410::130...
> telnet: connect to address 2001:42d0:0:410::130: Connection refused
> Trying 196.216.2.130...
> Connected to whois.afrinic.net.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> % This is the AfriNIC Whois server.
>
> My poor whois client doesn't seem to retry over IPv4 :-( Forcing it to
> use IPv4 works:
>
>>whois -h 196.216.2.130 -n x.x.x.x
> [Querying 196.216.2.130]
> [196.216.2.130]
> % This is the AfriNIC Whois server.
>
> % Note: this output has been filtered.
>
> % Information related to ...
AfriNIC is busy with maintenance on their whois (and a few other things)
this weekend:
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> Starting Friday 17 Feb at 1400UTC, we shall be doing maintenance
> works on the whois and MyAfriNIC services to take care of some key
> upgrades.
>
> This may continue through the entire weekend, during which time,
> there could be intermittent lack of access to these services - which
> should be fully restored by Sunday 19 Feb 2000 UTC.
I will however forward this on to the relevant people so that they are
aware.
regards
--
Graham Beneke
Network Engineer | Neology (PTY) Ltd.
graham@neology.co.za | http://www.neology.co.za/
Dir: +27-10-500-5906 | Suite 301, Block C, Eva Park
Tel: +27-11-476-1933 | Cresta, Johannesburg
Skype: grbeneke | Jabber: graham@neology.co.za
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