I doubt that you would want to write code to automatically put out a contract on people who have registered your name(s).
.. at least I hope not, bugs could be quite literally fatal! -- Lynn On Wed, 22 Jan 2003 22:55:13 +0100, Csongor Fagyal wrote: >Erm, we are getting a bit off-topic... this is dev-list :-) > >>Chris, >> >>1) This is handled by RFC-1876 (in DNS, not Whois) >> >Then, tell us, what is WHOIS good for in your opinion? > >>5) I'm not sure what LEGITIMATE reason one would have for monitoring any but their >own whois -- and no one else should be able to access this. For our domains, they >either can't be modified, or I don't care. >> >> >A few legitimate reasons I can think of: >- "Who has registered the domain of the name of my company??" > => Kill 'em, kill 'em! > => I want to buy it! > => Sue 'em! >- "When will my domain expire?" ((L)user forgets everything, probably >even where he/she has registered the domain.) >- "Where was this domain registered?" (User doesn't know - we want to >transfer - expires in 6 days - OK if at Tucows, NOT OK if at NetSol, etc.). >- "Pleeeeaaase take a look if I used the correct nameservers!" > >Most importantly, many times our users ask us to help them to resolve >problems with their domains, which are not registered at us, because >they don't know how to get WHOIS info (or they don't understand it). It >would be easier and faster if they could handle this themselves. Also, >if the WHOIS provides all info, then why not put it into a localizeable >form. > >- Cs.
