In fact it is extremely risky. Some have been known to change their image names on a regular basis, then replace the old image names with some very nasty pictures, as they consider it bandwidth theft.
Sort of hurts the business image when a very hard core porn image shows up on your branded site. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Daminato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Paul Chvostek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 9:06 AM Subject: RE: WHOIS gateways > Yeah, read the source and figured it out... > > Note that relying on ohter supplier servers for images is not necessarily > the best thing to do ;) > > Charles Daminato > OpenSRS Product Manager > Tucows Inc. - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Paul Chvostek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: May 2, 2002 12:03 PM > > To: Charles Daminato > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: WHOIS gateways > > > > > > > > Wow, Chuck thinks it's way cool. I must have scored! ;) > > > > Yup, I just looked at the source for the default transfer page at > > https://rr-n1-tor.opensrs.net/transfers/index.cgi, from the last > > transfer authorization I got. I'm using mod_rewrite reformat the > > requested URL into something with variables PHP can understand: > > > > RewriteRule ^/whois/(.*) /bin/whois/$1 > > RewriteRule ^/bin/whois/index.php - [L] > > RewriteRule ^/bin/whois/([0-9]+)/(.+)/(.+) > > /bin/whois/index.php\?rid=$1&server=$2&object=$3 [NC,L,PT] > > RewriteRule ^/bin/whois/([0-9]+)/(.*) > > /bin/whois/index.php\?rid=$1&object=$2 [NC,L,PT] > > ... etc. > > > > Then the PHP script simply has: > > > > if ($rid) print "<img > > src='http://rr-n1-tor.opensrs.net/transfers/image.cgi?$rid' alt=''>\n"; > > else { my own header stuff } > > > > Sneaky? Well, I admit, I did sit here last night for 3 minutes going > > sequentially through numeric rid's before I found domaindirect at 45. ;) > > > > p > > > > On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 09:45:46AM -0400, Charles Daminato wrote: > > > > > > That's way cool... where do you snag the logo from? Using our transfers > > > page modifications for your own purposes? > > > > > > Sneaky... I like it ;) > > > > > > Charles Daminato > > > OpenSRS Product Manager > > > Tucows Inc. - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Paul Chvostek > > > > Sent: May 2, 2002 6:05 AM > > > > To: Mark Petersen > > > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: WHOIS gateways > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Another option is http://www.it.ca/bin/whois , which has some nifty > > > > support for multiple whois servers (ARIN, APNIC, RIPE, etc). > > > > > > > > A while back, I wrote an OpenSRS logo extension for it. If you take > > > > your numeric reseller ID, the number that's used as the "rid" variable > > > > on your OpenSRS transfer page, and put it before the object to lookup, > > > > the whois client will be automatically "branded". > > > > > > > > So http://www.it.ca/bin/whois/45/tucows.com looks up the tucows.com > > > > domain using DomainDirect's logo. And if you want just a blank form, > > > > leave off the lookup object: http://www.it.ca/bin/whois/45/ . > > > > > > > > Enjoy. > > > > > > > > p > > > > > > > > On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 01:23:50PM -0700, Mark Petersen wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Cool! Thanks Mike! > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "Mike Frazer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > To: "Charles Daminato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Cc: "Mark Petersen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 1:20 PM > > > > > Subject: RE: NSI Whois Block > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.invertedminds.com/php/scripts/WhoisPro/whois.php > > > > > > > > > > > > Recursive lookups, configurable for any number of TLDs. > > > > Until I get the > > > > > > site where I'll be selling it and a number of other scripts and > > > > > > applications, it's free to anyone on this list. If you want > > > > it just email > > > > > > me. > > > > > > > > > > > > NOTE: The output screen is *somewhat* configurable as to > > > > appearance. Some > > > > > > of the text you see on there is also for my testing purposes, > > > > but this is > > > > > > a fully functional WHOIS lookup utility. One of the fastest > > > > out there, > > > > > > too, usual lookup times range from 0.2 to 0.65 seconds. > > > > > > > > > > > > Mike Frazer > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 1 May 2002, Charles Daminato wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > There is no timeline for them to remove the block. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My suggestion is to use a recursive whois client on your > > > > own system. A > > > > > > > suggestion (for hints and helps), and a favourite of mine, > > > > is available > > > > > > > here: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://freshmeat.net/projects/whois/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Charles Daminato > > > > > > > OpenSRS Product Manager > > > > > > > Tucows Inc. - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > > Mark Petersen > > > > > > > Sent: May 1, 2002 1:40 PM > > > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > Subject: NSI Whois Block > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Do we have any idea when the V boys will unblock WHOIS > > > > lookups from > > > > > > > Tucows? > > > > > > > Or should I rewrite my WHOIS script to do all my > > .com, .net, .org > > > > > lookups > > > > > > > through them? > > > > > > > I'd hate to do that. I like the *extra* info the Tucows > > > > server gives, > > > > > but > > > > > > > if their going to block > > > > > > > us forever, I guess I'll have to. > > > > > > > Any info would be greatly appreciated. (Chuck?...) > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > Mark > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Mark Petersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > Planet Nic http://www.planet-nic.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Paul Chvostek > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Operations / Development / Abuse / Whatever vox: +1 > > 416 598-0000 > > > > it.canada > http://www.it.ca/ > > > > > -- > Paul Chvostek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Operations / Development / Abuse / Whatever vox: +1 416 598-0000 > it.canada http://www.it.ca/ >
