The client kept every line a WHOIS server sent until the server closed
the connection or 30 seconds passed, so a server that kept sending
could fill memory. It now reads at most 1 MiB of an answer, and an
answer that reaches that is an error. A "refer:" line in IANA's answer
naming a server none of the five RIRs run was dialled as given, on any
host and port; it is now an error, so the client only connects to IANA
and the five RIR servers. Both errors are failed lookups, which the
fetcher retries later.
Model: opus-5-5
A lookup whose RIR query failed, or whose RIR answer carried none of the
WHOIS fields (a refusal of service, for one), returned IANA's answer as
a success. The fetcher stored it as complete with blank fields, did not
look the AS up again for 30 days, and shortened its interval. Such a
lookup is now an error: the fetcher backs off and leaves the row as it
was. The fields are read from the RIR's answer alone. An AS IANA refers
to no RIR is stored with no WHOIS data, so it is not looked up again
until it is stale, counting as neither a success nor a failure. Tests
reach fake WHOIS servers through the client's DialContext.
Model: opus-5-5
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