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I'm running Mac OS X 10.10.2 (Yosemite) and when I do the following in “Terminal,” my request times out:

> whois google.com
whois: connect(): Operation timed out

I also downloaded jwhois with no luck:

> jwhois google.com
[Querying whois.internic.net]
[Unable to connect to remote host]

However, when I try a whois search from the “Network Utility,” it works instantly:

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Any thoughts on whats going on? I would think it’s an ISP issue but it seems to work fine in “Network Utility.”

Giacomo1968
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You have likely accidentally blocked outgoing connections to your local whois server in your firewall. If you are using a firewall such as Little Snitch. Go to Little Snitch Configuration -> All Rules, and search for Terminal. Check which rules you have set there. In my case I had a rule that specified:

Deny outgoing connections via whois to domain iana.org

It looked like this:

After disabling this rule the problem was resolved.

deweydb
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  • @AndrewMorton Good point! i had used the embed image button previously but somehow it ended up as a link. I've fixed that, and also added text. – deweydb Apr 08 '18 at 20:19