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Bug 682832

Summary: [IDN encoding failed with error code 5
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Reporter: Michael Metz <metz>
Component: jwhoisAssignee: Vitezslav Crhonek <vcrhonek>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: BaseOS QE - Apps <qe-baseos-apps>
Severity: high Docs Contact:
Priority: unspecified    
Version: 6.0CC: ovasik, pkovar, redhat-bugzilla
Target Milestone: rc   
Target Release: ---   
Hardware: Unspecified   
OS: All   
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version: jwhois-4.0-19.el6 Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Previously, when querying a domain with the name length near the allowed limit of 63 characters, and emitting command options to a whois server, the "whois" command failed because both the domain name and command options were given to a function responsible for translating Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) to ASCII. The length of such command was greater than the allowed limit. This update fixes this bug so that only the domain name is now translated after executing the command.
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Last Closed: 2011-07-06 13:44:59 UTC Type: ---
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Description Michael Metz 2011-03-07 17:51:50 UTC 
Description of problem:
Trying to lookup a domain near the allowed maximum of 63 characters and additionally giving options fails with RHEL5, RHEL6 & Fedora 14

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
jwhois-3.2.3-8
jwhois-4.0-18
jwhois-4.0-23

Steps to Reproduce:
$ whois -h whois.denic.de 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123.de
[Querying whois.denic.de]
[whois.denic.de]
% Copyright (c) 2010 by DENIC
% Version: 2.0
[...]
=> works as expected

whois -h whois.denic.de -- -T dn 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123.de
[IDN encoding of '-T dn 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123.de' failed with error code 5]
=> fails

substracting 6 characters (for "-T dn "):
$ whois -h whois.denic.de -- -T dn 123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567.de
[Querying whois.denic.de]
[whois.denic.de]
% Error: 55000000007 Request not clearly specified
=> syntax error, okay - but query was sent to whois-server successfully.
Comment 2 RHEL Program Management 2011-03-07 18:18:40 UTC 
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for
inclusion in the current release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Because the affected component is not scheduled to be updated
in the current release, Red Hat is unfortunately unable to
address this request at this time. Red Hat invites you to
ask your support representative to propose this request, if
appropriate and relevant, in the next release of Red Hat
Enterprise Linux. If you would like it considered as an
exception in the current release, please ask your support
representative.
Comment 3 Michael Metz 2011-03-17 17:01:27 UTC 
It's a bug - see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=682841
 - would be nice if this could be fixed.
Comment 7 Petr Kovar 2011-06-23 16:02:28 UTC 
    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    New Contents:
Previously, when querying a domain with the name length near the allowed limit of 63 characters, and emitting command options to a whois server, the "whois" command failed because both the domain name and command options were given to a function responsible for translating Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) to ASCII. The length of such command was greater than the allowed limit. This update fixes this bug so that only the domain name is now translated after executing the command.
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2011-07-06 13:44:59 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011-0921.html