Thanks to all who replied!
The real issue is where do I get the data. I'm not talking just about that
which is found in the root zone files, I specifically speaking of the
complete Whois records, including contact data.
In case anyone is interested, here is why I went to do this:
1) Hopefully I can eliminate the "you have exceeded your query limit" by
having our own copy of the database for our users.
2) Presumably, a local database, with limited hits, will be much faster than
waiting for Netslo's or OpenSRS's
3) We won't be hammering someone else's Whois database, when one of our
users decides to <check every name in the dictionary>.com
4) Setting it up will be a great learning experience - and fun too! :)
Cheers!
Michael David
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http://planetarydomains.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick Greenwell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2000 5:49 AM
To: Rodney Payne, Support Team
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; OpenSRS Discuss-List
Subject: Re: Setiing up a WHOIS databse
On Sat, 26 Aug 2000, Rodney Payne, Support Team wrote:
> asp would be first choice, mysql second
First, it's not an either or decision. ASP is a scripting language, mysql
is a database.
Second, whois is a standalone server. This fact renders ASP, a web-oriented
scripting language somewhat suboptimal for creating a whois server out of.
Third, why reinvent the wheel?
ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/dbase/software/ contains code for a functional
whois server. I have little doubt that it could do with some updating(such
as using a real relational DB backend) however it looks like a good place
to start.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Michael David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: OpenSRS Discuss-List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2000 6:26 PM
> Subject: Setiing up a WHOIS databse
>
>
> > Hi Folks!
> >
> > Suppose I wanted to set up our own WHOIS database for our sites. How
> would
> > I go about doing that?
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