I've been to http://www.ripe.net/db/whois.html (same as "whois -h
whois.ripe.net") and also http://www.ripe.net/docs/ripe-157.html#toc18 (help
for whois using RIPE) and haven't found a single example on how to do the
query.
I use whois for InterNIC-maintained domains all the time, but can't get
anywhere with the other ISO-3166 country codes.
Josh
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