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@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ Detailed help on available flags can be found in \fIRIPE\-223\fP or in
the help file which can be obtained with the command:
.IP
.B whois \-h whois.ripe.net HELP
+.SH "BUGS"
+The program has many buffer overflows when parsing the command line
+parameters: be sure to not pass untrusted data to it.
+It will be rewritten to use a dynamic strings library.
.SH "HISTORY"
This program closely tracks the user interface of the whois client
developed at RIPE by Ambrose Magee and others on the base of the