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IETF RFC 2958

The application/whoispp-response Content-type

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Network Working Group                                        L. Daigle
Request for Comments: 2958                    Thinking Cat Enterprises
Category: Informational                                 P. Faltstrom
                                                    Cisco Systems Inc.
                                                          October 2000


             The application/whoispp-response Content-type

 Status of this Memo

   This memo provides information for the Internet community.  It does
   not specify an Internet standard of any kind.  Distribution of this
   memo is unlimited.

 Copyright Notice

   Copyright © The Internet Society (2000).  All Rights Reserved.

 Abstract

   This document defines the expression of Whois++ protocol (RFC 1835)
   responses within MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)
   (RFC 2046) media types.  The intention of this document, in
   conjunction with RFC 2957 is to enable MIME-enabled mail software,
   and other systems using Internet media types, to carry out Whois++
   transactions.

1.  MIME Registration Information

   To: iana@isi.edu Subject:  Registration of MIME media type
   application/whoispp-response

   MIME Type name:         Application

   MIME subtype name:      whoispp-response

   Required parameters:    none

   Optional parameters:    none

   Encoding considerations: Any valid MIME encodings may be used

   Security considerations: This content-type contains purely
   descriptive information (i.e., no directives).  There are security
   considerations with regards to the appropriateness (privacy) of





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RFC 2958 application/whoispp-response Content-Type October 2000 information provided through the use of this content-type, and the authenticity of the information so-provided. This content-type provides no native mechanisms for authentication. Published specification: this document Person & email address to contact for further information: Leslie L. Daigle leslie@thinkingcat.com Intended usage: common 2. whoispp-response Syntax The following grammar, which uses ABNF-like notation as defined in [RFC 2234], defines a subset of responses expected from a Whois++ server upon receipt of a valid Whois++ query. As such, it describes the expected structure of a whoispp-response media type object. N.B.: As outlined in the ABNF definition, rule names and string literals are in the US-ASCII character set, and are case-insensitive. server = goodmessage mnl output mnl endmessage nl / badmessage nl endmessage nl output = full / abridged / summary / handle full = 0*(full-record / server-to-ask) abridged = 0*(abridged-record / server-to-ask) summary = summary-record handle = 0*(handle-record / server-to-ask) full-record = "# FULL " template serverhandle localhandle system-nl 1*(fulldata system-nl) "# END" system-nl abridged-record = "# ABRIDGED " template serverhandle localhandle system-nl abridgeddata "# END" system-nl Daigle & Faltstrom Informational PAGE 2 top

RFC 2958 application/whoispp-response Content-Type October 2000 summary-record = "# SUMMARY " serverhandle system-nl summarydata "# END" system-nl handle-record = "# HANDLE " template serverhandle localhandle system-nl server-to-ask = "# SERVER-TO-ASK " serverhandle system-nl server-to-askdata "# END" system-nl fulldata = " " attributename ": " attributevalue abridgeddata = " " 0*( attributevalue / tab ) summarydata = " Matches: " number system-nl [" Referrals: " number system-nl] " Templates: " template 0*( system-nl "-" template) server-to-ask-data = " Server-Handle:" serverhandle system-nl " Host-Name: " hostname system-nl " Host-Port: " number system-nl [" Protocol: " prot system-nl] 0*(" " labelstring ": " labelstring system-nl) attributename = 1*attrbyte attrbyte = <%d33-127 except specialbyte> attributevalue = longstring template = labelstring serverhandle = labelstring localhandle = labelstring hostname = labelstring prot = labelstring longstring = bytestring 0*( nl ( "+" / "-" ) bytestring ) bytestring = 0*charbyte labelstring = 0*restrictedbyte Daigle & Faltstrom Informational PAGE 3 top

RFC 2958 application/whoispp-response Content-Type October 2000 restrictedbyte = <%d32-%d255 except specialbyte> charbyte = <%d32-%d255 except nl> specialbyte = ":" / " " / tab / nl tab = %d09 mnl = 1*system-nl system-nl = nl [ 1*(message nl) ] nl = %d13 %d10 message = [1*( messagestart "-" bytestring nl)] messagestart " " bytestring nl messagestart = "% " digit digit digit goodmessage = [1*( goodmessagestart "-" bytestring nl)] goodmessagestart " " bytestring nl goodmessagestart= "% 200" messagestart = "% " digit digit digit badmessage = [1*( badmessagestart "-" bytestring nl)] badmessagestart " " bytestring nl badmessagestart = "% 5" digit digit endmessage = endmessageclose endmessageclose = [endmessagestart " " bytestring nl] byemessage endmessagestart = "% 226" byemessage = byemessagestart " " bytestring nl endmessagestart = "% 203" number = 1*( digit ) digit = "0" / "1" / "2" / "3" / "4" / "5" / "6" / "7" / "8" / "9" Daigle & Faltstrom Informational PAGE 4 top

RFC 2958 application/whoispp-response Content-Type October 2000 3. Security Considerations Security issues are discussed in section 1. 4. References [ALVE95] Alvestrand H., "Tags for the Identification of Languages", RFC 1766, March 1995. [RFC 2234] Crocker, D. and P. Overell, "Augmented BNF for Syntax Specifications: ABNF", RFC 2234, November 1997. [RFC 2957] Daigle, L. and P. Faltstrom, "The application/whoispp-query Content-Type", RFC 2957, October 2000. [RFC 1835] Deutsch, P., Schoultz R., Faltstrom P. and C. Weider, "Architecture of the WHOIS++ service", RFC 1835, August 1995. [HARR85] Harrenstein, K., Stahl, M. and E. Feinler, "NICNAME/WHOIS", RFC 954, October 1985. [POST82] Postel J., "Simple Mail Transfer Protocol", STD 10, RFC 821, August 1982. [IIIR] Weider C. and P. Deutsch, "A Vision of an Integrated Internet Information Service", RFC 1727, December 1994. [WINDX] Weider, C., Fullton J. and S. Spero, "Architecture of the Whois++ Index Service", RFC 1913, February 1996. 5. Authors' Addresses Leslie L. Daigle Thinking Cat Enterprises Email: leslie@thinkingcat.com Patrik Faltstrom Cisco Systems Inc 170 W Tasman Drive SJ-13/2 San Jose CA 95134 USA EMail: paf@cisco.com URL: http://www.cisco.com Daigle & Faltstrom Informational PAGE 5 top

RFC 2958 application/whoispp-response Content-Type October 2000 6. Full Copyright Statement Copyright © The Internet Society (2000). All Rights Reserved. This document and translations of it may be copied and furnished to others, and derivative works that comment on or otherwise explain it or assist in its implementation may be prepared, copied, published and distributed, in whole or in part, without restriction of any kind, provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are included on all such copies and derivative works. However, this document itself may not be modified in any way, such as by removing the copyright notice or references to the Internet Society or other Internet organizations, except as needed for the purpose of developing Internet standards in which case the procedures for copyrights defined in the Internet Standards process must be followed, or as required to translate it into languages other than English. The limited permissions granted above are perpetual and will not be revoked by the Internet Society or its successors or assigns. This document and the information contained herein is provided on an "AS IS" basis and THE INTERNET SOCIETY AND THE INTERNET ENGINEERING TASK FORCE DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTY THAT THE USE OF THE INFORMATION HEREIN WILL NOT INFRINGE ANY RIGHTS OR ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Acknowledgement Funding for the RFC Editor function is currently provided by the Internet Society. Daigle & Faltstrom Informational PAGE 6 top

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