Technical Note: [Accelops KB] Informational - AO's WHOIS, where does port 43 go?
Description
Summary of Topic
This article will describe what does port 43 do when AO connects outbound. Also how many locations do we search whois on.
Additional Information
Our whois call sends a request on port 43 to each server on a list below. AO will start at the top and work down. AO will stop sending requests once it finds a server that provides a response.
NOTE: This access is only done by the super, and no changes can be made to the super to edit this list.
List of servers:
whois.geektools.com
whois.arin.net
whois.networksolutions.com
whois.internic.net
whois.nic.af
whois.ripe.net
whois.apnic.net
whois.amnic.net
whois.nic.gov
whois.nic.ad.jp
whois.nic.mx
whois.nic.us