That certainly true of of the WHOIS proxies. I'm not so sure about the registry WHOIS servers, though. If they do have limits, I'm sure we wouldn't exceed them. I think some of them just rate-limit the queries rather than having a quantity limit. The limits set by the proxies I've used are pretty low - maybe 100 or 200 queries per day. When I set up a form for a server-based WHOIS then all queries to the proxy come from the server IP address, so it's pretty easy to exceed that number of queries in a day.
I think I'll probably have to cross-code a PHP or Perl script to do this. The basic single query stuff is fairly easy - it's doing the recursive lookups that I was looking to avoid by finding a canned CF tag or script. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Austin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 5:13 PM Subject: Re: ColdFusion WHOIS Proxy? > One point, most servers will have a query threshold which if you > exceed (by continually making whois requests), you will find yourself > banned. > > On 5/4/05, Jim McAtee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Who do you query to get the registrar of a .com domain or other domain >> with more than one registrar (gTLD)? For those you generally have to >> first find the registrar that actually has the domain in their >> database, >> then you query that registrar. For instance, if you query Network >> Solutions whois server for a domain regitered through Register.com you >> get >> only a tiny bit of the actual public data. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:205478 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
