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 Pisar <ppisar@redhat.com> and is
       licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2
       or higher.


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