> > > So, you’re not running into a poorly-documented mystery, you’ve run > afoul of one of the rotten armpits of the shub-Internet. > > > > So there's no consensus between NICs for the information they should > have in whois and what search mechanisms they should provide? I guess > what you're saying is that whois is just a protocol definition and > nothing else? >
Might not even qualify for "protocol definition", and RFC 3912 ACKs this: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3912 Rubens
