roam.psg.com:/usr/home/randy> whois -h whois.ripe.net is domain: is descr: Top level domain for Iceland descr: Internet Iceland - INTIS descr: Taeknigardi descr: Dunhaga 5 descr: 107 Reykjavik descr: ICELAND admin-c: HJ18 tech-c: MO33 zone-c: MO33 nserver: isgate.is nserver: ns.eu.net nserver: sunic.sunet.se nserver: aos.brl.mil nserver: nisc.jvnc.net remarks: http://www.isnet.is/nic mnt-by: ISTLD-MNT mnt-lower: ISTLD-MNT changed: marius@isgate.is 19931123 changed: marius@isgate.is 19970728 source: IS person: Marius Olafsson address: IntIS/ISnet address: Taeknigardi address: Dunhaga 5 address: 107 Reykjavik address: ICELAND phone: +354 525 4747 phone: +354 551 9965 fax-no: +354 561 0999 e-mail: marius@isnet.is nic-hdl: MO33 mnt-by: ISTLD-MNT changed: marius@isnet.is 19950201 changed: marius@isnet.is 20000218 source: RIPE note the source:s. i.e. it looks to me as if you are maintining all person:s in two places. and it seems not to work as well as one might wish roam.psg.com:/usr/home/randy> whois -h whois.ripe.net isnet.is % Rights restricted by copyright. See http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/pub-services/db/copyright.html Referred query to host whois.isnet.is at port 43 timed out. Probable reason - far referral loop. To see the object stored in the RIPE database use the -R flag in your query. randy