A lightweight WHOIS client for classic Amiga computers.

 REQUIREMENTS:

 - MC68000 or better
 - Kickstart 2.0 or higher
 - A TCP/IP stack with bsdsocket.library (AmiTCP, Roadshow, Miami, etc.)

 FEATURES:

 - WHOIS protocol (TCP port 43)
 - Automatic referral following (up to 3 levels)
 - Domain and IP address lookups
 - Custom WHOIS server selection
 - Default server: whois.iana.org (auto-detects correct registry)
 - Pure MC68000 code - no 68020+ instructions

 USAGE:

 From CLI:

   AveWHOIS amiga.org                    ; domain lookup
   AveWHOIS 8.8.8.8                      ; IP lookup
   AveWHOIS -s whois.ripe.net 192.0.2.1  ; use specific server

 OPTIONS:

   -s <server>   WHOIS server (default: whois.iana.org)
   -h            Show help

 NOTES:

 - Follows "refer:" and "ReferralServer:" lines automatically.
 - Ctrl+C to interrupt output.

 CHANGELOG:

 v1.1 (28.03.2026)
   - Fix: added 64KB limit on WHOIS response to prevent memory exhaustion

 LICENSE:

 Freeware. Use at your own risk.

 CONTACT:

 Pawel "Juen" Nowak
 Project R3D + Appendix + Nah-Kolor
 biuro@cdlabel.info

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