[DBWG] 1x whois server not responding

[Frank Habicht]

Hi Yogesh,

Yes, I believe it was restored the same day.


- the https://status.afrinic.net page didn't know
- I don't know if anyone in AfriNIC had noticed
- was it something that can happen again?

Thanks,
Frank


On 29/04/2024 14:02, Yogesh Chadee via DBWG wrote:
> Dear Frank, All,
> 
> The service has been restored. Thank you.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Yogesh
> 
> 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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