This looks to be more of an application issue for you. The rest seems to work for me:
puck:~$ whois -h 2001:503:ff39:1060::74 verisign-grs.com [Querying 2001:503:ff39:1060::74] [2001:503:ff39:1060::74] Whois Server Version 2.0 ... - Jared On May 1, 2012, at 8:23 AM, TR Shaw wrote: > Nope sure can't > > $ telnet -6 2001:503:3227:1060::74 whois > 2001:503:3227:1060::74: nodename nor servname provided, or not known > > Tom > > On May 1, 2012, at 8:15 AM, Tony Tauber wrote: > >> Path is not the same, but the last few replies similarly suggest >> packet-filters (!X in my case vs. !P). >> I can get to the whois port (TCP/43): >> >> $ telnet -6 2001:503:3227:1060::74 whois >> Trying 2001:503:3227:1060::74... >> Connected to 2001:503:3227:1060::74. >> Escape character is '^]'. >> >> Can you? >> >> Tony >> >> On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 8:01 AM, TR Shaw <ts...@oitc.com> wrote: >> Anyone else having problems getting to Verisign's whois server on IPv6? >> >> $ host com.whois-servers.net >> com.whois-servers.net is an alias for whois.verisign-grs.com. >> whois.verisign-grs.com has address 199.7.59.74 >> whois.verisign-grs.com has IPv6 address 2001:503:3227:1060::74 >> >> $ traceroute6 2001:503:3227:1060::74 >> traceroute6 to 2001:503:3227:1060::74 (2001:503:3227:1060::74) from >> 2001:470:5:4ed:cabc:c8ff:fea1:560c, 64 hops max, 12 byte packets >> 1 2001:470:5:4ed:226:bbff:fe6d:426e 0.311 ms 0.374 ms 0.260 ms >> 2 ipv6oitc-1.tunnel.tserv12.mia1.ipv6.he.net 21.128 ms 21.052 ms 17.389 >> ms >> 3 gige-g2-3.core1.mia1.he.net 20.055 ms 16.198 ms 22.699 ms >> 4 10gigabitethernet4-3.core1.atl1.he.net 40.166 ms 33.887 ms 32.547 ms >> 5 10gigabitethernet6-4.core1.ash1.he.net 49.821 ms 45.999 ms 52.751 ms >> 6 2001:504:0:2::2641:1 47.197 ms 46.748 ms 47.289 ms >> 7 xe-1-2-0.r1.bb-fo.chi2.vrsn.net 65.094 ms >> xe-0-2-0.r2.bb-fo.chi2.vrsn.net 66.441 ms >> xe-1-2-0.r1.bb-fo.chi2.vrsn.net 66.320 ms >> 8 2001:503:3227:14ff::2 66.448 ms >> 2001:503:3227:13ff::2 101.761 ms 86.864 ms >> 9 2001:503:3227:13ff::2 69.818 ms !P >> 2001:503:3227:14ff::2 69.311 ms !P >> 2001:503:3227:13ff::2 68.662 ms !P >> >> >> >
