WHOIS.CONF(5)



WHOIS.CONF(5)                  Debian GNU/Linux                  WHOIS.CONF(5)

NAME
       whois.conf - alternative WHOIS servers list for whois client

SYNOPSIS
       /etc/whois.conf

DESCRIPTION
       This  file  contains a list of WHOIS servers which can augment or over-
       ride the built-in list of the client.

       It's a plain text file in ASCII encoding. Each  line  consists  of  two
       fields:  a pattern to match WHOIS object identifier and a corresponding
       WHOIS server domain name.

       Fields are separated by non-empty sequence of space or a tabular  char-
       acters.   A  line  starting with a hash character is a free comment and
       it's not considered.

       The pattern is case-insensitive extended regular  expression  if  whois
       client has been compiled with POSIX regular expressions support. Other-
       wise, simple case-insensitive suffix comparison  against  WHOIS  object
       identifier is used.

       Internationalized domain names (IDN) must be specified in ascii-compat-
       ible encoding (ACE) format.

EXAMPLE
       \.nz$             nz.whois-servers.net
       # Hangul Korean TLD
       \.xn--3e0b707e$   whois.kr
       # Private ASNs
       ^as645(1[2-9]|2[0-9]|3[0-4])$    whois.example.net

FILES
       /etc/whois.conf

SEE ALSO
       whois(1)

AUTHOR
       This manual page was written by Petr Pisa  <ppisar@redhat.com>  and  is
       licensed  under  the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2
       or higher.

Petr Pisa                         2019-12-30                     WHOIS.CONF(5)

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