I wrote a perl script that uses the OpenSRS API to check for availability.
It is basically reg_system.cgi with all but the lookup step removed, and all
the CGI-isms ripped out.
That is an easy way to check for a domain name right now regardless of when
it was registered.
--
Jeremy Bettis -- Hickman-Kenyon Systems, Inc.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Simon Amor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 10:07 AM
Subject: "better way" to tell if a domain is recently registered (ie not
whois)
> Is there a better, more reliable way to check if a domain is in use rather
than
> trying whois and hoping it wasn't registered since the whois db was last
> updated?
>
> For example,
>
> 1. user does whois through an order form
> 2. whois says domain isn't in use
> 3. user then proceeds to fill in registrant details and credit card info
> 4. information is validated
> 5. card payment is authorised
> 6. domain is registered automatically
> 7. user is sent confirmation of domain registration
>
> It would be possible to put a whois for the domain in at step 4.5 but if
the
> whois server isn't up-to-date, the payment could be taken for a domain
which has
> already been registered.
>
> Simon
>
>
