Hi Jesse, You may also want to check if your whois lookup can be scripted from outside. We used to provide a fairly easy to access whois lookup service, and found this was abused by a few.
Doug. Quoting Charles Daminato <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Our system automagically blocks when you reach a specific limit - > the blocking is temporary. > > Note that our limits are quite generous, and if you're hitting > those then you may wish to alter the methodology you use to query > (i.e. use a client that queries crsnic first and ONLY query > OpenSRS for the domains you need to, or limiting your own systems > from querying too often). > > :) > > Charles Daminato > TUCOWS Product Manager > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Tue, 20 Aug 2002, Jesse Williams-Proudman wrote: > > > > > Domain: > > > > Error: couldn't connect to host [Connection refused: exceeded maximum > > connection limit from 63.231.1.254 > > ] > > > > Any idea how I can remedy that? I'm just querying the OpenSRS whois > > servers. Should I use some one elses or should I use the perl scripts? > > > > Thanks > > > > -- > > > > Jesse Williams-Proudman || CEO > > NineWire Digital Solutions || +1.888.873.6199 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] || http://ninewire.com > > Mac Web Hosting & Colocation || Mac Nationwide Dialup > > > > $75 Xserve Colocation Special from Your Mac ISP! > > > > > > > Thanks, Doug. -- Doug Friend http://register4less.com
