Hmmm...
I have a whois lookup on my domains page, but I don't run a WHOIS server. I
just pass the request off to whois.opensrs.org which does its thing. Of
course, this certainly doesn't get around the "Your Query Limit Has Been
Exceeded" messages which pop up from time to time.
In truth, you couldn't possibly do a local whois database without coaxing
each of the existing registrars to part with their database. As Charles
points out, ICANN requires that they make the data available at a fee of
$10,000 per year.
Then you've got the challenges of keeping it current...somehow you'd have to
fetch new data (what? daily?) and merge it into the database. I dunno...to
me it's a wheel I wouldn't want to reinvent.
Regards,
Eric Longman
Atl-Connect Internet Services
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "OpenSRS Discuss-List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2000 1:18 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
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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
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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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