On Wed, Nov 14, 2001 at 12:35:52AM -0500, Mike Allen wrote: > > I tried those, but I get an error. Connection refused!!! > An Error Has Occured: Connection refused tv.whois.rfc-ignorant.org > Did I understand it wrong? I understood you as saying: > tv.whois.rfc-ignorant.org
Yes, you understood wrong. The domain rfc-ignorant.org contains blacklists used by some to block traffic from badly run TLDs. Check out http://rfc-ignorant.org/ for more information. The point is that not all TLDs *have* whois servers, and some of the existant whois servers contain incomplete data. For domains like .co and .tv, a quick way to determine if a domain exists is to try a DNS lookup on it. If you can see NS records, you know the domain exists. If you don't, then the domain may or may not exist, and you'll have to check availability through a registrar. Interestingly there is .tv registrant information available via the dottv.tv web site, so if you feel like parsing their horribly broken html, you can. -- Paul Chvostek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Operations / Development / Abuse / Whatever vox: +1 416 598-0000 IT Canada http://www.it.ca/
