[DBWG] 1x whois server not responding

[Madhvi Gokool]

Dear Frank

We have taken note of the issue you have raised. The AFRINIC team are  
investigating the matter and will provide feedback in due course.

Regards

Madhvi

On 24/04/2024 08:54, Frank Habicht wrote:
> Hi AfriNIC NOC,
>
> in DNS for whois.afrinic.net IPs 196.192.115.21 and 
> 2001:42d0:2:601::21 are returned. (amongst others)
>
> This might be the same host.
>
> These IPs are responding to ping, but not to whois.
>
> This might have started between 0:20 and 1:20 UTC
>
> I believe the https://status.afrinic.net page is wrong to state that 
> "WHOIS DB Queries" - whois.afrinic.net:43 are working.
> I'd say they're working only 3/4
>
> Please check.
>
> Thanks,
> Frank
>
>
> [frank at fisi ~]$ date
> Wed Apr 24 07:40:04 EAT 2024
> [frank at fisi ~]$ date -u
> Wed Apr 24 04:40:07 UTC 2024
> [frank at fisi ~]$ ping -c 5 196.192.115.21
> PING 196.192.115.21 (196.192.115.21) 56(84) bytes of data.
> 64 bytes from 196.192.115.21: icmp_seq=1 ttl=54 time=49.9 ms
> 64 bytes from 196.192.115.21: icmp_seq=2 ttl=54 time=49.9 ms
> 64 bytes from 196.192.115.21: icmp_seq=3 ttl=54 time=49.8 ms
> 64 bytes from 196.192.115.21: icmp_seq=4 ttl=54 time=49.9 ms
> 64 bytes from 196.192.115.21: icmp_seq=5 ttl=54 time=50.0 ms
>
> --- 196.192.115.21 ping statistics ---
> 5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4055ms
> rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 49.879/49.968/50.067/0.062 ms
> [frank at fisi ~]$ whois -h 196.192.115.21 AS37084
> [Querying 196.192.115.21]
> [196.192.115.21]
> [frank at fisi ~]$ ping6 -c 5 2001:42d0:2:601::21
> PING 2001:42d0:2:601::21(2001:42d0:2:601::21) 56 data bytes
> 64 bytes from 2001:42d0:2:601::21: icmp_seq=1 ttl=56 time=49.6 ms
> 64 bytes from 2001:42d0:2:601::21: icmp_seq=2 ttl=56 time=49.2 ms
> 64 bytes from 2001:42d0:2:601::21: icmp_seq=3 ttl=56 time=49.0 ms
> 64 bytes from 2001:42d0:2:601::21: icmp_seq=4 ttl=56 time=49.5 ms
> 64 bytes from 2001:42d0:2:601::21: icmp_seq=5 ttl=56 time=49.3 ms
>
> --- 2001:42d0:2:601::21 ping statistics ---
> 5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4054ms
> rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 49.089/49.359/49.613/0.239 ms
> [frank at fisi ~]$ whois -h 2001:42d0:2:601::21 AS37084
> [Querying 2001:42d0:2:601::21]
> [Unable to connect to remote host]
> You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/frank
> [frank at fisi ~]$ date -u
> Wed Apr 24 04:49:13 UTC 2024
> [frank at fisi ~]$ dig whois.afrinic.net. +short
> whois-public.afrinic.net.
> 196.192.115.21
> 196.216.2.21
> 196.216.2.20
> 196.192.115.22
> [frank at fisi ~]$ whois -h 196.192.115.22 AS37084
> [Querying 196.192.115.22]
> [196.192.115.22]
> % This is the AfriNIC Whois server.
> % The AFRINIC whois database is subject to  the following terms of 
> Use. See https://afrinic.net/whois/terms
>
> % Note: this output has been filtered.
> %       To receive output for a database update, use the "-B" flag.
>
> % Information related to 'AS37084'
>
> % No abuse contact registered for AS37084
>
> aut-num:        AS37084
> as-name:        simbanet-tz
> descr:          Simbanet (T) Ltd
>
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