Getting the entire data set is easy :) Or, this is how *I* could do it:
1) Become ICANN Accredited
2) Contact each Registrar and wheedle for their whois data - they can
charge up to $10,000/year for this information if they wish
I think that's the only real way to do it...
Charles Daminato
OpenSRS Support Manager
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On Sun, 27 Aug 2000, Michael David wrote:
> 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
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 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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