From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 7 09:09:20 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B321116A4CE for ; Wed, 7 Apr 2004 09:09:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ns2.wananchi.com (ns2.wananchi.com [62.8.64.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 436DC43D39 for ; Wed, 7 Apr 2004 09:09:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wash@wananchi.com) Received: from wash by ns2.wananchi.com with local (Exim 4.31 #0 (FreeBSD 4.9)) id 1BBFbF-000CYG-LB by authid for ; Wed, 07 Apr 2004 19:08:25 +0300 Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 19:08:25 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040407160825.GA44406@ns2.wananchi.com> Mail-Followup-To: Odhiambo Washington , freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Disclaimer: Any views expressed in this message,where not explicitly attributed otherwise, are mine alone!. X-Mailer: Mutt 1.5.5.1i (2003-11-05) X-Designation: Systems Administrator, Wananchi Online Ltd. X-Location: Nairobi, KE, East Africa. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i Subject: WHOIS Server X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2004 16:09:20 -0000 Hello people, I am lost as to where to do whois queries these days. It seems that every TLD extension has been assigned to some particular registrar (or what do I call it?) What is the sane way of doing whois for "any" domain extension (.com/.org/.biz, etc)? OpenSRS recently said they are limiting the number of queries/day that a given IP range can do on their servers. Now this is restrictive, but what if I have to run a script that will do more than the "allowed" queries per day? I have to wait till next day and next day and .. Is it sane to think that I can run my own local whois server/interface? If yes, I'll appreciate some pointers. It would be nice if I had an interface to whois on our website. -Wash http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html -- +======================================================================+ |\ _,,,---,,_ | Odhiambo Washington Zzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ | Wananchi Online Ltd. www.wananchi.com |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-'| Tel: +254 20 313985-9 +254 20 313922 '---''(_/--' `-'\_) | GSM: +254 722 743223 +254 733 744121 +======================================================================+ Kerr's Three Rules for a Successful College: Have plenty of football for the alumni, sex for the students, and parking for the faculty.