From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Gregory Heytings Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#47431: Process Whois connection broken by remote peer. Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2021 07:53:38 +0000 Message-ID: <6820a941ae3e4668959e@heytings.org> References: <835z1dp0qg.fsf@gnu.org> <83y2e9nhne.fsf@gnu.org> <87zgynp9t5.fsf@gnus.org> <406246af7fb57420287b@heytings.org> <87ft0ens4h.fsf@gnus.org> <87v998n5cu.fsf@gnus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=us-ascii Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="8877"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 47431@debbugs.gnu.org, hongyi.zhao@gmail.com To: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 31 09:54:21 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lRVgD-0002CD-ON for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 31 Mar 2021 09:54:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45706 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lRVgC-0001ds-QO for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 31 Mar 2021 03:54:20 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:53208) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lRVfu-0001dk-Bw for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Mar 2021 03:54:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:41875) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lRVfu-0004aD-4k for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Mar 2021 03:54:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lRVfu-0000jQ-3I for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Mar 2021 03:54:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Gregory Heytings Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2021 07:54:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 47431 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 47431-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B47431.16171772232778 (code B ref 47431); Wed, 31 Mar 2021 07:54:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 47431) by debbugs.gnu.org; 31 Mar 2021 07:53:43 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53421 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lRVfb-0000ij-AV for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 31 Mar 2021 03:53:43 -0400 Original-Received: from heytings.org ([95.142.160.155]:48136) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lRVfX-0000iZ-Vo for 47431@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 31 Mar 2021 03:53:42 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=heytings.org; s=20210101; t=1617177218; bh=xzj6B/fMUOdakqTbMO7Yv8Q1vEdinU1W4fsr9M5YdnU=; h=Date:From:To:cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:References:From; b=ixlUeGkuk7ktRYmVOVOLzZ1hpQ9p0fHCUwAEVz0eIwu3SQt5fmkRVUSoc9RkFkyyg xymgDDNvgJFJ6t6EsAK18Z3KhLaJV0i8DavqC1bz3UWD9yE07mOZ8AtH+7F4PEsfQw MU/zAtwM3h6+0VJcodhl9PGJmo4x81+sC3FOENDRadFtxEK/KhiBNRml0epJPPcTIq M26HPW2nJaVeYUGZoIL6/jrLYl1s0aNbMKcPLi/1kfmaadKw7Q08a/qffixaHNN2z+ mkpVyy9I5JdMhx6KkDTCsghjDVz8Z0PDVpiMSpErKVMxBHZB3p2dWKlrTz57kgOhnD DzI4ZgHNbRSEA== In-Reply-To: <87v998n5cu.fsf@gnus.org> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:203334 Archived-At: >> I've just sent a mail to IANA to clarify that point. > > Great; thanks. > I got the answer, from which I quote the relevant parts: > > We accept that users will query whois.iana.org port 43 for ad-hoc, > infrequent, and low volume queries (e.g. queries resulting from a > user-driven web form, upon receipt of an email, and given a small list > of domains). > > It reads like your client will be primarily user-driven and so we're > fine with your approach. Note, the Mac OSX whois client first queries > whois.iana.org and follows the referral, so there is precedent. > So from a technical point of view, the solution is okay. What remains is the potential privacy problem, but I think it's possible to avoid it without using a cache.