[Bug 590104] Re: ace domain format not allowed for .de nameservers

[Manuel Domke]

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: whois
  
  Hi,
  since Ubuntu 10.04, the whois client has a new feature (or bug), which converts domain names with special characters to the so called ace format (müller.de --> xn--mller-kva.de) (ascii compatible).
  
- This only happens, when you specify any parameters. Doing "normal" whois querys ( "whois müller.de" ) are working fine for the actual .de whois servers. For the next generation whois servers this does not seem to work ( whois -h whois.test.denic.de ) 
-  
- The DENIC whois servers only accept domain ace's when the parameter "-T ace" (only in combination: "-T dn,ace" or "-T dn,st").
+ This only happens, when you specify any parameters. Doing "normal" whois
+ querys ( "whois müller.de" ) are working fine for the actual .de whois
+ servers. For the next generation whois servers this does not seem to
+ work ( whois -h whois.test.denic.de müller.de )
+ 
+ The DENIC whois servers only accept domain ace's when the parameter "-T
+ ace" (only in combination: "-T dn,ace" or "-T dn,st").
  
  So, now when asking for the domain name "müller.de" you get the message
  that that domain name is valid, even if its registered.
  
  As I could figure out, this problem is part of the whois since version
  4.7. I'd recommend turning off that idn2ace conversion to solve the
  problem..
  
  I've already tested to disable the conversion by commenting out line
- 1010,1011 and 1026,1027 in whois.c
+ 1010,1011 and 1026,1027 in whois.c and for me it worked fine!
  
  1010:         if (idna_to_ascii_lz(domain_start, &q, 0) != IDNA_SUCCESS)
  1011:            return ret;
  
  1026:         if (idna_to_ascii_lz(ret, &q, 0) != IDNA_SUCCESS)
  1027:            return ret;
  
  whois:
    Installiert: 5.0.0ubuntu3
    Kandidat: 5.0.0ubuntu3
    Versions-Tabelle:
   *** 5.0.0ubuntu3 0
          500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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ace domain format not allowed for .de nameservers
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/590104
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