[DBWG] WHOIS filtering and the "-B" option

[Seun Ojedeji]

Well I don't use the -B option often (nevermind that I don't have
need/reason to consult whois that often). I just don't see a problem we are
solving by removing the filter option but I see a problem we may be solving
by leaving it. No matter how little it is, not everyone uses a -B option
and it just makes sense for the contact details to be filtered by default

Cheers!

On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 10:10 AM, Mark Elkins <mje at posix.co.za> wrote:

> I usually run whois without the '-B' - realise stuff is filtered - then
> re-run with '-B'. Unless, as Frank asks, there is some form of rate
> limiting - then  there is probably little point in filtering. It would
> be cute that if the request is from an IP address associated to the
> results, that any form of rate limiting is ignored - if there is rate
> limiting.
>
> On 18/11/2016 09:46, Alan Barrett wrote:
> > The AFRINIC WHOIS server “filters” results by default.  It seems to
> delete all fields that contain
>  email addresses.
> >
> > For example, here are two queries with and without “-B”:
> >
> > $ whois -h whois.afrinic.net IT7-AFRINIC | egrep -v '^%|^$'
> > person:         Infrastructure Team
> > address:        AFRINIC Ltd
> > address:        11th Floor, Standard Chartered Tower
> > address:        19, Cybercity
> > address:        Ebène
> > address:        Mauritius
> > phone:          +230 403 51 00
> > nic-hdl:        IT7-AFRINIC
> > source:         AFRINIC # Filtered
> >
> > $ whois -h whois.afrinic.net -- '-B IT7-AFRINIC' | egrep -v '^%|^$
> > person:         Infrastructure Team
> > address:        AFRINIC Ltd
> > address:        11th Floor, Standard Chartered Tower
> > address:        19, Cybercity
> > address:        Ebène
> > address:        Mauritius
> > phone:          +230 403 51 00
> > e-mail:         sysadmin at afrinic.net
> > nic-hdl:        IT7-AFRINIC
> > changed:        hiba at afrinic.net 20130416
> > changed:        radha.ramphul at afrinic.net 20160808
> > source:         AFRINIC
> >
> > I have two questions about this:
> >
> > 1. Instead of deleting the lines that are “filtered”, would it make
> sense to replace them
> with some sort of explanation that the information has been filtered?
> For example, like this:
> >
> > person:         Infrastructure Team
> > address:        AFRINIC Ltd
> > address:        11th Floor, Standard Chartered Tower
> > address:        19, Cybercity
> > address:        Ebène
> > address:        Mauritius
> > phone:          +230 403 51 00
> > e-mail:         # Filtered
> > nic-hdl:        IT7-AFRINIC
> > changed:        # Filtered
> > source:         AFRINIC # Filtered
> >
> > 2. Is it useful to censor the email addresses by default?  It seems to
> me that this adds
> no security (because the query can simply be repeated with the “-B”
> option), and reduces the usefulness.
> >
> > Alan Barrett
>
>
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