Hello all, attention bad english ahead! ;-) I'm writing a tool which queries the RIPE DB to find out the location of some IP adresses. When I query the database with a string like "84.149.135.10/16\r\n", i get a correct response and the tcp/ip connection will be closed by RIPE. But because I've to query some more IPs, i would like to let the connection open. As i read in the RIPE DB manual there is the "-k" flag which should tell the DB letting the connection open until I send an empty query. In telnet it works fine, but not in my tool. In my tool i'm sending a string like "-k 84.149.135.10/16\r\n" (in telnet i wrote "-k 84.149.135.10/16" + <return>). The DB output looks like this:
% This is the RIPE Whois query server #1. % The objects are in RPSL format. % % Note: the default output of the RIPE Whois server % is changed. Your tools may need to be adjusted. See % http://www.ripe.net/db/news/abuse-proposal-20050331.html % for more details. % % Rights restricted by copyright. % See http://www.ripe.net/db/copyright.html
% Note: This output has been filtered. % To receive output for a database update, use the "-B" flag.
% Information related to '84.136.0.0 - 84.191.255.255'
inetnum: 84.136.0.0 - 84.191.255.255 netname: DTAG-DIAL20 descr: Deutsche Telekom AG country: DE admin-c: DTIP tech-c: DTST status: ASSIGNED PA remarks: ****************************************************************** remarks: * Abuse Contact: http://www.t-com.de/ip-abuse in case of Spam, * remarks: * Hack Attacks, Illegal Activity, Violation, Scans, Probes, etc. * remarks: ****************************************************************** mnt-by: DTAG-NIC source: RIPE # Filtered
person: DTAG Global IP-Addressing address: Deutsche Telekom AG address: D-90492 Nuernberg address: Germany phone: +49 180 5334332 fax-no: +49 180 5334252 e-mail: ripe.dtip@telekom.de nic-hdl: DTIP mnt-by: DTAG-NIC source: RIPE # Filtered
person: Security Team address: Deutsche Telekom AG address: Germany phone: +49 180 5334332 fax-no: +49 180 5334252 e-mail: abuse@t-ipnet.de nic-hdl: DTST mnt-by: DTAG-NIC source: RIPE # Filtered
% Information related to '84.128.0.0/10AS3320'
route: 84.128.0.0/10 descr: Deutsche Telekom AG, Internet service provider origin: AS3320 member-of: AS3320:RS-PA-TELEKOM mnt-by: DTAG-RR source: RIPE # Filtered
% This is the RIPE Whois query server #1. % The objects are in RPSL format. % % Note: the default output of the RIPE Whois server % is changed. Your tools may need to be adjusted. See % http://www.ripe.net/db/news/abuse-proposal-20050331.html % for more details. % % Rights restricted by copyright. % See http://www.ripe.net/db/copyright.html
%ERROR:106: no search key specified % % No search key specified
Thx and greetings ~Sepp