Re: finding whois servers, was .pro whois registry down?

2016-03-10 Thread Tony Finch
John Levine wrote: > > I've set up .ws.sp.am (that's ws for Whois Server) which is > updated every day from a variety of sources so it's pretty accurate. > It's had the right server for pro.ws.sp.am all along. It would be extra super helpful if every entry were a wildcard, so you

Re: finding whois servers, was .pro whois registry down?

2016-03-10 Thread Raymond Dijkxhoorn
Hai! whois.conf-compatible format What uses whois.conf? Not the whois on my FreeBSD or Mac. Or you can just use this shell script: #!/bin/bash WHOISHOST=${1##*.}.ws.sp.am exec whois -h $WHOISHOST $* I just a slightly different one but still my fav one... jwhois Has a whois.conf style

Re: finding whois servers, was .pro whois registry down?

2016-03-10 Thread John R. Levine
- a link from that top-level page to the whole list, in regex-aware, whois.conf-compatible format What uses whois.conf? Not the whois on my FreeBSD or Mac. Or you can just use this shell script: #!/bin/bash WHOISHOST=${1##*.}.ws.sp.am exec whois -h $WHOISHOST $* R's, John

Re: finding whois servers, was .pro whois registry down?

2016-03-10 Thread Royce Williams
On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 6:57 AM, John R. Levine wrote: >>> >>> I've set up .ws.sp.am (that's ws for Whois Server) which is >>> updated every day from a variety of sources so it's pretty accurate. >>> It's had the right server for pro.ws.sp.am all along. > > >> Hey, that's

Re: finding whois servers, was .pro whois registry down?

2016-03-10 Thread John R. Levine
I've set up .ws.sp.am (that's ws for Whois Server) which is updated every day from a variety of sources so it's pretty accurate. It's had the right server for pro.ws.sp.am all along. Hey, that's fantastic! Feature request: could you provide a human- and machine-readable one-stop extract at

Re: finding whois servers, was .pro whois registry down?

2016-03-10 Thread Royce Williams
On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 4:32 AM, John Levine wrote: > > _whois._tcp.pro. srv 0 100 43 whois.afilias.net. > > A swell idea, but unfortunately the idea of putting SRV records in > gTLD zones makes heads at ICANN explode. For RDAP there's a registry > at IANA but it's not

Re: finding whois servers, was .pro whois registry down?

2016-03-10 Thread John Levine
> _whois._tcp.pro. srv 0 100 43 whois.afilias.net. A swell idea, but unfortunately the idea of putting SRV records in gTLD zones makes heads at ICANN explode. For RDAP there's a registry at IANA but it's not populated yet and it's not obvious that registries will be any more diligent about