Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 12:29:22 -0800 From: Cy Schubert <cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca> To: Ron Rosson <insane@lunatic.oneinsane.net> Cc: Cy Schubert <cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/16147: New Awhois Port Message-ID: <200001172029.MAA02267@passer.osg.gov.bc.ca> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 17 Jan 2000 11:28:26 PST." <20000117112826.C15691@lunatic.oneinsane.net>
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You can lookup network handles using whois -a.
Maintaining the awhois script script to track a moving target would be
easier than whois, a C program, unless whois.c could be modified to be
table driven via an external file rather than hard coded. A table
driven whois is definitely the better way to go as opposed to the
awhois script.
Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437
Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766
Sun/DEC Team, UNIX Group Internet: Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca
ITSD
Province of BC
"e**(i*pi)+1=0"
In message <20000117112826.C15691@lunatic.oneinsane.net>, "Ron 'The
InSaNe One'
Rosson" writes:
> Unless the base whois has the scalability of keeping up with the
> mindless people who keep wanting to change the way the whois databases
> modify their output I see need for the awhois. Currently the whois in
> the base does not have the function to look up NIC handles.
>
> Please add the port.
>
> TIA
> On Mon, 17 Jan 2000, Cy Schubert was heard blurting out:
>
> > The following reply was made to PR ports/16147; it has been noted by GNATS.
> >
> > From: Cy Schubert <cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca>
> > To: Josef Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net>
> > Cc: Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
> > Subject: Re: ports/16147: New Awhois Port
> > Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 10:04:25 -0800
> >
> > You are correct. Awhois, however, automatically checks the ARIN
> > database when it sees a dotted decimal IP address. Whois requires a -a
> > flag. Not a big issue, though.
> >
> > Please do not implement the port. Please close.
> >
> >
> > Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437
> > Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766
> > Sun/DEC Team, UNIX Group Internet: Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca
> > ITSD
> > Province of BC
> > "e**(i*pi)+1=0"
> >
> > In message <20000116192349.B76584@florence.pavilion.net>, Josef
> > Karthauser writ
> > es:
> > > On Sun, Jan 16, 2000 at 08:29:13AM -0800, Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca w
> rote:
> > > >
> > > > description:
> > > > Awhois tries to figure out what you're looking for and to invoke whois
> > > > with the appropriate arguments. It knows how to deal with the new
> > > > Registry WHOIS service, it falls back to checking the whois server
> > > > specified in the DNS at whois-servers.net, and its interface is just
> > > > like the original whois.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Our own whois already does this from 3.4-RELEASE onwards.
> > >
> > > Joe
> > > --
> > > Josef Karthauser FreeBSD: Take the red pill and we'll show you just how
> > > Technical Manager deep the rabbit hole goes. (http://www.uk.freeb
> sd.org)
> > > Pavilion Internet plc. [joe@pavilion.net, joe@freebsd.org, joe@tao.org.
> uk]
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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