whois doesn't work

[Jody Bruchon]

On 2016-07-04 11:34, walter harms wrote:
>
>
> Am 04.07.2016 17:22, schrieb Jody Bruchon:
>> On 2016-07-04 11:18, Vito Mulè wrote:
>>> Can you strace it and post the output?
>>
>> I can confirm this problem has been going on for a while; one day it
>> just stopped working. Here's an strace:
>>
>> $ strace busybox whois www.google.com
---snip---
>> sin_addr=inet_addr("204.74.78.75")}, 16
>>
>
> just to be sure ..
> you can ping 204.74.78.75 ?

No ping, traceroute drops off after 11 hops, and here's the whois:

$ whois -h whois.arin.net 204.74.78.75

#
# ARIN WHOIS data and services are subject to the Terms of Use
# available at: https://www.arin.net/whois_tou.html
#
# If you see inaccuracies in the results, please report at
# https://www.arin.net/public/whoisinaccuracy/index.xhtml
#


#
# Query terms are ambiguous.  The query is assumed to be:
#     "n 204.74.78.75"
#
# Use "?" to get help.
#

#
# The following results may also be obtained via:
# 
https://whois.arin.net/rest/nets;q=204.74.78.75?showDetails=true&showARIN=false&showNonArinTopLevelNet=false&ext=netref2
#

NetRange:       204.74.64.0 - 204.74.127.255
CIDR:           204.74.64.0/18
NetName:        IMN
NetHandle:      NET-204-74-64-0-1
Parent:         NET204 (NET-204-0-0-0-0)
NetType:        Direct Allocation
OriginAS:
Organization:   Internet Media Network (IMN)
RegDate:        1994-10-26
Updated:        2000-09-19
Ref:            https://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-204-74-64-0-1


OrgName:        Internet Media Network
OrgId:          IMN
Address:        254 W Baseline Rd
Address:        #103
City:           Tempe
StateProv:      AZ
PostalCode:     85283
Country:        US
RegDate:        1994-10-26
Updated:        2015-08-18
Ref:            https://whois.arin.net/rest/org/IMN