In message <200009300332.e8U3W1G16323@habanero.huxley.org>, Dean Huxley writes:
>John Hawkinson <jhawk@netbsd.org> wrote:
>> OK, it's my intention to change the whois server back to
>> whois.internic.net.
>> 
>> Do you object?
>
>On the slim chance of making everyones approval, could
>pallas.eruditorum.org be used instead?  It provides useful information
>for all domains.

This has the same problem as whois.opensrs.net; it's also not the
most reliable of machines, and has been down for long periods
recently.

>If not, could we have an environment variable to override the default?

That's an entirely seperate issue. Please open a PR.

--jhawk