On Mon, 27 Nov 2000, at 12:28 [=GMT-0800], William X. Walsh wrote:
> I've been getting numerous results when querying whois.opensrs.net
> that say "Unable to contact crsnic" and do not return a record.
>
> This is for domains that should be LOCAL lookups for opensrs' whois.
>
> It is really time that this broken whois system be fixed.
>
> Here is my proposed solution:
>
> 1) OpenSRS' whois should return results only for data local to the
> OpenSRS registration database
>
> 2) At a minimum, if #1 is ruled out, the whois server should stop
> querying the internic whois first, and instead search the local
> database first, and only do a forwarded query if the local search
> returns no results.
>
> This is really becoming an issue when customers do lookups on their
> domains and get only "Unable to contact crsnic" as the results over
> and over again.
I support this. We have to be able to check our domains even when
crsnic is down, because we do not need crsnic for domains registered
with opensrs. Also with expired and reregistered domains the present
system is unneccesarily behind reality. Sometimes for some two days.
Let it be always really live for those who query it. Why else have a
live whois?
If there are reasons to let people query crsnic first, why not offer
it as an *option*?
Thank you!
--
Marc Schneiders (rest in header)
