>Charles-
>
>Since the full OpenSRS API is posing such a challenge,
>have you considered scripting against the batch RWI?
No. I did not want to do that since it becomes a
management headache if they make any changes. I'd rather
"follow the rules" of a commited interface layer.
Also I have more faith in Blowfish than I do in SSL, but
that's just me and my personal preferance --- I'm really
not interested in debating this, I'm just trying to
honestly answer Russ' question.
> I
>looked into enom a while back and while it may have
>changed, I recall that all you had to do was format and
>send requests to their web pages.
Correct! That's why it only took 30 minutes to get it all
working.
Note enom secures the operation by associating your ID, PW
and IP. Thus, unless someone can spoof your IP, it's
fairly secure. Of course OpenSRS is far more secure.
>here are people who
>have scripted password recovery and other things that
>used to be only available in the RWI. I'm guessing you
>could do the same with the registration function. Just
>dissect their web pages, do some text processing, and
>slap it into your application's framework -voila!
I do appreciate the suggestion! Thanks!
>Just a thought, I don't have any actual experience doing
>this.
I do have experiance doing this and it can work extremely
well.
I would do it if I could for this particular project.
>-Russ
>
>
>At 03:39 PM 1/15/2003, inbox@fpgatools.com wrote:
>>On Wed, 15 Jan 2003 15:16:27 -0500 (EST)
>> Christopher Hicks <chicks@chicks.net> wrote:
>>>On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Colin Viebrock wrote:
>>>>> My point is that *TOO MUCH WORK* is required to
>>>>>implement > the spec
>>>>as currently documented.
>>>>I think we're just going to have to agree to disagree on
>>>>this. I didn't
>>>>find it too much work, and neither have others.
>>>
>>>While the OpenSRS documentation is imperfect is has
>>>continually improved and has always been quite adequate.
>>>
>>>The fact and value that a complete implemenation is
>>>provided in addition
>>>to the spec seems to have been glossed over here. The
>>>availabilty of a
>>>complete implementation allowed me as well as many others
>>>to discern how
>>>things worked and to implement our own client. I've had
>>>good responses
>>>from this list and from OpenSRS support when problems
>>>have arisen despite
>>>using an "officially unsupported client".
>>
>>Then my appologies to all as OpenSRS did not tell me
>>Windows was an "officially unsupported client", nor have
>>I read that anywhere!
>>
>>My apopologies to all.
>>
>>>>> http://www.netcraft.com/survey/
>>>>> > which cleary shows Microsoft is implemented on >
>>>>>approximantly 30%
>>>>of the 35 million sites surveyed.
>>>>> > Tucows is refusing to properly support its customer
>>>>>base > though
>>>>direct support of the Windows Platform..
>>>>Who cares what 30% of 35 million sites run? What matters
>>>>is what your
>>>>site runs.
>>>
>>>And netcraft isn't relevant to this situation since I
>>>seriously doubt that
>>>even 0.1% of the Microsoft sites are running on Windows
>>>98. The Windows
>>>web servers are running on platforms that are capable of
>>>running IIS!
>>>The above line of reasoning particularly troubles me
>>>considering the
>>>amount of mud that's been slung toward OpenSRS in this
>>>thing.
>>
>>Double - Huh?
>>I'm programing in Windows at the OS level thus the exact
>>incarnation of Windows does not matter. When complete
>>users will be able to run this app on Windows 3.1 if they
>>have the desire ....
>>
>>Go back and read my posts,
>>
>>1) I've said at least twice that Tucows support is
>>*AWESOME*, I'm just peived at the API Docs.
>>
>>2) I said I have implemented a solution via a enom
>>reseller account as an interim solution and I'm now
>>trying to impliment the OpenSRS API.
>>
>>I *LOVE* Tucows and OpenSRS other wise I *WOULD NOT* be
>>trying so hard to implement a OpenSRS registration system
>>in this app -- It allready works via enom!
>>
>>I think *ALL* registrars should use Tucows as their model
>>regarding how to treat and support customers. I also wish
>>there was a simple way to register domains via OpenSRS!
>>
>>>Trying to
>>>run production work on Windows 98 places you on the
>>>fringe.
>>
>>Nope. This is an app with a registration feature so your
>>comment does not apply to me as the user must be free to
>>run the app on any reasonable Windows edition. Even
>>Windows 95 if still reasonable in my book and a Windows
>>OS implementation of OpenSRS API will do that just fine.
>>
>>>Maybe there's
>>>a reason Microsoft doesn't support IIS on 98!?
>>
>>Yup, Billy boy gets far more in his pocket for Windows
>>2000 Server licenses. Why should he cut his own top line?
>>
>>>If you insist on being on
>>>such a fringe, you're going to have to expect to do more
>>>and more work for
>>>yourself thorugh time. I don't whine because nobody
>>>writes software for
>>>my Vax and I have do everything for myself. Puh-leaze!
>>
>>LOL! I was asking people to help me if they could. You
>>can't so my question(s) were obviously not directed at
>>you.
>>
>>>And ActivePerl does work on Windows 98. We don't support
>>>it anymore since every business we consult with has moved
>>>to at least Windows 2000, but we ran some significant
>>>chunks of Perl middleware on Windows 98 successfully in
>>>multi-continent deployments. Saying that activeperl
>>>doesn't work because IIS isn't available is dishonest.
>>
>>Again, go back and *READ* my comments.
>>
>>I installed Active PERL and could not get it working.
>>When I reviewed the Installation notes after I did the
>>install I noted that IIS was mention as a requirement
>>which suggested to me,
>>
>>1) That a server layer of some sort was needed
>>
>>2) That it would take more that 10-15 minutes to get this
>>working even though someone did post that this was all
>>that was necessary.
>>
>>Furthermore someone *DID* mention I was wrong about the
>>Active PERL requirements and I said they were probably
>>right and I was wrong.
>>
>>So please refresh my memory, exactly where have I behaved
>>irresponsibly during this rather overwhelming
>>experiance?????
>>
>>Though the wonderful help of others I have consistantly,
>>and clearly, admitted to my screwups.
>>I'm just trying to use Windows OS to register domains via
>>Tucows .... *NOW* I'm whining! LOL!
>>
>>>"Never offend people with style when you can offend them
>>>with substance."
>>> - Sam Brown
>>
>>Exactly!
>
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