We should remember however that for most people Netsol whois
is THE whois.
If we are causing the IP refusal, maybe that is not the best option.
Benjamin Azevedo
Charles Daminato wrote:
>
> The best way to query a whois record is to directly query our whois
> server:
>
> $ whois -h whois.opensrs.net <domain-name>
>
> Or...
>
> http://www.opensrs.org/whois/
>
> Charles Daminato
> OpenSRS Support Manager
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> On Tue, 29 Aug 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Charles Daminato wrote:
> > >
> > > whois takes 24-48 hours to typically show up.
> > >
> > > Also - since NSI's whois does recursive lookups (and we can't block
> > > abusive or data-mining activities originating from their whois systems) we
> > > block their systems.
> > >
> >
> > The bad thing about that is that people that use RSP's services
> > to register or transfer their domain may have the perception
> > that anything might be wrong as Netsol whois shows something
> > like this:
> >
> > > Connection refused: invalid ip address
> > > The previous information has been obtained either directly from the
> > > registrant or a registrar of the domain name other than Network Solutions.
> > > Network Solutions, therefore, does not guarantee its accuracy or
> > > completeness.
> > >
> > > Domain not found in remote registrar whois.
> >
> > Isn't there a different way to prevent abuses that doesn't have this
> > side
> > effect for the ordinary query?
> >
> > Benjamin Azevedo
> >
