TODO.md

@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ tested.
 
 # Completed Steps
 
+- 2026-10-27: the WHOIS details of an AS at RIPE, APNIC or AFRINIC come only
+  from its `aut-num` object and the organisation object it names. RIPE and APNIC
+  start their answer with the `as-block` object of the AS's block. Its dates
+  were stored as the AS's (closes #168)
 - 2026-10-27: AS names keep their accented letters. The AS list built into
   RouteWatch is rebuilt from today's `as.csv`, which added a country code
   column. That file no longer lists AS 0 or the documentation AS numbers. A

internal/whois/whois.go

@@ -29,10 +29,18 @@ const maxAnswerSize = 1 << 20
 
 // Parsing constants.
 const (
-	keyValueParts       = 2 // Expected parts when splitting "key: value"
 	lacnicDateFormatLen = 8 // Length of YYYYMMDD date format
 )
 
+// The classes of the two objects that describe an AS in an answer from
+// RIPE, APNIC or AFRINIC, and the key of the aut-num object's line that
+// gives the ID of the AS's organisation object.
+const (
+	autNumClass       = "aut-num"
+	organisationClass = "organisation"
+	orgKey            = "org"
+)
+
 // WHOIS server addresses.
 const (
 	whoisServerIANA    = "whois.iana.org:43"
@@ -318,7 +326,9 @@ func (c *Client) parseIANAReferral(response string) (string, string, error) {
 	return "", "", nil
 }
 
-// parseResponse extracts ASN information from a WHOIS response.
+// parseResponse extracts ASN information from a WHOIS response. Of an
+// answer from RIPE, APNIC or AFRINIC it reads only the lines asObjectLines
+// returns. Of an answer from ARIN or LACNIC it reads every line.
 func (c *Client) parseResponse(asn int, rir, response string) *ASNInfo {
 	info := &ASNInfo{
 		ASN:         asn,
@@ -327,26 +337,15 @@ func (c *Client) parseResponse(asn int, rir, response string) *ASNInfo {
 	}
 
 	lines := strings.Split(response, "\n")
+	if rir == RIRRIPE || rir == RIRAPNIC || rir == RIRAFRNIC {
+		lines = asObjectLines(lines)
+	}
 
 	var addressLines []string
 
 	for _, line := range lines {
-		line = strings.TrimSpace(line)
+		key, value, ok := splitField(line)
-		if line == "" || strings.HasPrefix(line, "%") ||
+		if !ok || value == "" {
-			strings.HasPrefix(line, "#") {
-			continue
-		}
-
-		// Split on first colon
-		parts := strings.SplitN(line, ":", keyValueParts)
-		if len(parts) != keyValueParts {
-			continue
-		}
-
-		key := strings.TrimSpace(strings.ToLower(parts[0]))
-		value := strings.TrimSpace(parts[1])
-
-		if value == "" {
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -373,6 +372,72 @@ func (c *Client) parseResponse(asn int, rir, response string) *ASNInfo {
 	return info
 }
 
+// splitField splits a "key: value" line of a WHOIS answer into its key, in
+// lower case, and its value. The third result is false for a line that
+// holds no field: a blank line, a comment line or a line without a colon.
+func splitField(line string) (string, string, bool) {
+	line = strings.TrimSpace(line)
+	if strings.HasPrefix(line, "%") || strings.HasPrefix(line, "#") {
+		return "", "", false
+	}
+
+	key, value, ok := strings.Cut(line, ":")
+
+	return strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(key)), strings.TrimSpace(value), ok
+}
+
+// asObjectLines returns the lines of the aut-num object in an answer from
+// RIPE, APNIC or AFRINIC, followed by the lines of the organisation object
+// whose ID the aut-num object gives on its "org:" line. The answer's other
+// objects are left out. RIPE and APNIC start their answer with the
+// as-block object of the block the AS is in, whose dates are not the AS's.
+//
+// These answers are in RPSL. A blank line ends an object. An object's first
+// line has the object's class as its key and the object's ID as its value,
+// as in "organisation: ORG-APNI1-AP".
+func asObjectLines(lines []string) []string {
+	var autNum []string
+
+	// The lines of each organisation object, by its ID.
+	organisations := make(map[string][]string)
+
+	// The class and ID of the object the line is in, "" between objects.
+	var class, id string
+
+	// The ID of the organisation object the aut-num object refers to.
+	var orgID string
+
+	for _, line := range lines {
+		if strings.TrimSpace(line) == "" {
+			class = ""
+
+			continue
+		}
+
+		key, value, ok := splitField(line)
+		if !ok {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if class == "" {
+			class, id = key, value
+		}
+
+		switch class {
+		case autNumClass:
+			autNum = append(autNum, line)
+
+			if key == orgKey {
+				orgID = value
+			}
+		case organisationClass:
+			organisations[id] = append(organisations[id], line)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return append(autNum, organisations[orgID]...)
+}
+
 // setResponseField stores the value of one "key: value" line of a WHOIS
 // response in info, keeping the first value seen for each field.
 func (c *Client) setResponseField(info *ASNInfo, key, value string) {

internal/whois/whois_test.go

@@ -51,13 +51,25 @@ source:       IANA
 `
 
 // ripeRecord is RIPE's answer for the AS when asked to leave out person and
-// role objects: the abuse address as a comment, the AS's object and the
+// role objects. It starts with the as-block object of the block the AS is
+// in. Then come the abuse address as a comment, the AS's object and the
 // organisation object it refers to.
 const ripeRecord = `% This is the RIPE Database query service.
 % The objects are in RPSL format.
 
 % Note: --no-personal means ALL personal data has been filtered from this output.
 
+% Information related to 'AS3209 - AS3353'
+
+as-block:       AS3209 - AS3353
+descr:          RIPE NCC ASN block
+remarks:        These AS Numbers are assigned to network operators
+remarks:        in the RIPE NCC service region.
+mnt-by:         RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
+created:        2018-11-22T15:27:19Z
+last-modified:  2018-11-22T15:27:19Z
+source:         RIPE
+
 % Information related to 'AS3333'
 
 % Abuse contact for 'AS3333' is 'abuse@ripe.net'
@@ -119,6 +131,78 @@ country:        ZA
 address:        1 Example Road
 `
 
+// apnicServer is APNIC's WHOIS server, and apnicASN an AS that APNIC holds.
+const (
+	apnicServer = "whois.apnic.net:43"
+	apnicASN    = 4608
+)
+
+// The keys of the queries LookupASN sends for apnicASN: IANA's, then
+// APNIC's, which asks APNIC to leave out person and role objects.
+const (
+	apnicIANAQuery = ianaServer + " AS4608"
+	apnicQuery     = apnicServer + " --no-personal AS4608"
+)
+
+// apnicRecord is APNIC's answer for apnicASN when asked to leave out person
+// and role objects, shortened. It starts with the as-block object of the
+// block the AS is in. Then come the abuse address as a comment, the AS's
+// object, and the irt and organisation objects it refers to.
+const apnicRecord = `% [whois.apnic.net]
+% Whois data copyright terms    http://www.apnic.net/db/dbcopyright.html
+
+% Note: --no-personal means ALL personal data has been filtered from this output.
+
+% Information related to 'AS4608 - AS4865'
+
+as-block:       AS4608 - AS4865
+descr:          APNIC ASN block
+remarks:        These AS numbers are further assigned by APNIC
+remarks:        to APNIC members and end-users in the APNIC region
+mnt-by:         APNIC-HM
+mnt-lower:      APNIC-HM
+last-modified:  2019-05-20T03:52:26Z
+source:         APNIC
+
+% Information related to 'AS4608'
+
+% Abuse contact for 'AS4608' is 'abuse@apnic.net'
+
+aut-num:        AS4608
+as-name:        APNIC-SERVICES
+descr:          Asia Pacific Network Information Centre
+country:        AU
+org:            ORG-APNI1-AP
+admin-c:        AIC1-AP
+abuse-c:        AA1589-AP
+mnt-by:         APNIC-HM
+mnt-irt:        IRT-APNIC-IS-AP
+last-modified:  2026-08-26T00:40:00Z
+source:         APNIC
+
+irt:            IRT-APNIC-IS-AP
+address:        South Brisbane, Australia
+e-mail:         helpdesk@apnic.net
+abuse-mailbox:  abuse@apnic.net
+mnt-by:         MAINT-APNIC-IS-AP
+last-modified:  2025-11-18T00:27:08Z
+source:         APNIC
+
+organisation:   ORG-APNI1-AP
+org-name:       Asia Pacific Network Information Centre
+org-type:       LIR
+country:        AU
+address:        PO Box 3646
+address:        South Brisbane, QLD 4101,
+address:        Australia
+e-mail:         noc@apnic.net
+mnt-by:         APNIC-HM
+last-modified:  2026-08-24T12:58:43Z
+source:         APNIC
+
+% This query was served by the APNIC Whois Service version 1.88.48 (WHOIS-UK2)
+`
+
 // ianaPrivateUse is IANA's answer for a private-use AS: its block and no
 // referral.
 const ianaPrivateUse = `% IANA WHOIS server
@@ -198,7 +282,8 @@ func lookUp(
 // answers only a query that leaves out person and role objects, and its
 // answer to that still fills the AS's fields: the abuse address from the
 // comment line, and the organisation's name and country from its object.
-// The dates are the AS's: IANA's "changed:" line dates its block.
+// The dates are the AS's. IANA's "changed:" line dates the AS's block, and
+// so do the dates of the as-block object at the start of RIPE's answer.
 func TestLookupASNReadsTheRIRAnswer(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
@@ -238,6 +323,46 @@ func TestLookupASNReadsTheRIRAnswer(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestLookupASNReadsOnlyTheASAndItsOrganisation looks up an AS at APNIC,
+// whose answer starts with the as-block object of the block the AS is in.
+// The last-modified date is the aut-num object's, not the block's. The
+// address is the organisation object's alone, without the irt object's.
+func TestLookupASNReadsOnlyTheASAndItsOrganisation(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	client := whois.NewClient()
+	client.DialContext = fakeServers(t, map[string]string{
+		apnicIANAQuery: "refer:        whois.apnic.net\n",
+		apnicQuery:     apnicRecord,
+	})
+
+	info, err := client.LookupASN(t.Context(), apnicASN)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("LookupASN: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	wantLastMod := time.Date(2026, 8, 26, 0, 40, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	if info.LastMod == nil || !info.LastMod.Equal(wantLastMod) {
+		t.Errorf("LookupASN last modified = %v, want %v",
+			info.LastMod, wantLastMod)
+	}
+
+	got := []string{
+		info.ASName, info.OrgID, info.OrgName, info.CountryCode,
+		info.Address, info.AbuseEmail,
+	}
+	want := []string{
+		"APNIC-SERVICES", "ORG-APNI1-AP",
+		"Asia Pacific Network Information Centre", "AU",
+		"PO Box 3646\nSouth Brisbane, QLD 4101,\nAustralia", "abuse@apnic.net",
+	}
+
+	if !slices.Equal(got, want) {
+		t.Errorf("LookupASN = AS name, org ID, org name, country, address, "+
+			"abuse address %q; want %q", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
 // TestLookupASNAsksAPNICAndAFRINICToLeaveOutPersonalData looks up an AS at
 // APNIC and at AFRINIC. Each answers only a query that leaves out person
 // and role objects, as RIPE does. That one answer still holds the