RE: WHOIS gateways

From: Charles Daminato (chuck@tucows.com)
Date: Thu May 02 2002 - 09:45:46 EDT


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. - chuck@tucows.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-discuss-list@opensrs.org
> [mailto:owner-discuss-list@opensrs.org]On Behalf Of Paul Chvostek
> Sent: May 2, 2002 6:05 AM
> To: Mark Petersen
> Cc: discuss-list@opensrs.org
> 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" <mikef@invertedmind.com>
> > To: "Charles Daminato" <chuck@tucows.com>
> > Cc: "Mark Petersen" <mark@planet-nic.com>; <discuss-list@opensrs.org>
> > 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. - chuck@tucows.com
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: owner-discuss-list@opensrs.org
> > > > [mailto:owner-discuss-list@opensrs.org]On Behalf Of Mark Petersen
> > > > Sent: May 1, 2002 1:40 PM
> > > > To: discuss-list@opensrs.org
> > > > 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 mark@planet-nic.com
> > > > Planet Nic http://www.planet-nic.com
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
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