how do you know there are databases but not just an interface
to other whois? while the zone files are 2GB the full whois info
should be 20-40GB where you will keep it? :))
regards,
doytchin
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: OpenSRS Discuss-List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2000 8:18 PM
Subject: RE: Setiing up a WHOIS databse
> Hi Charles!
>
> You're kidding, right? There are many Whois databases out there who are
not
> run by people who are ICANN accredited, and I doubt they pay lots of money
> for the data. How do they do it?
>
> Cheers!
>
> Michael David
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://planetarydomains.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Charles Daminato
> Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2000 10:11 AM
> To: Michael David
> Cc: OpenSRS Discuss-List
> Subject: RE: Setiing up a WHOIS databse
>
> 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
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> 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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> > Patrick Greenwell
> > Earth is a single point of failure.
> >
>
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