man > 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 override 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 characters.  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. Otherwise, simple case-insensitive suffix  comparison
       against WHOIS object identifier is used.

       Internationalized  domain  names  (IDN)  must be specified in ascii-compatible 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 Písař <ppisar AT redhat.com>  and  is  licensed  under  the
       terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 or higher.


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