* Hank Nussbacher:
Perhaps the RIRs could get together and agree on a common whois syntax so that when I check one RIR with one syntax - it would work on others as well? This issue has been around for over 7 years and I can't understand why the RIRs can't find common ground for the sake of the end users? Even if ARIN or APNIC won't accept "-B -G", then at least let their whois engine just ignore those extra parameters it doesn't understand. To me it looks like minor software changes.
There's also the little-known issue that the correct syntax for querying ARIN's WHOIS for AS number is "23456", and not the "AS23456" syntax encoded in multiple tools. *sigh* -- Florian Weimer <fweimer@bfk.de> BFK edv-consulting GmbH http://www.bfk.de/ Kriegsstraße 100 tel: +49-721-96201-1 D-76133 Karlsruhe fax: +49-721-96201-99