Hi Russ, Snake wrote:
>Well I'm wondering how do all these domain registration web sites do their >whois all day long when other registrars limit the number of requests? > > The registrars are on a white-list so they don't get limited but, more relevantly, for most NICs there is another mechanism other than WHOIS to see if a domain name is available for registration which is what most WHOIS queries are usually about. Here in Oz our NIC has a dedicated telnet server running on a funny port that allows direct requests of domain name existence, you just feed it the domain name and it comes back with a (not)available response. That facility has no limits so resellers like us can use it as much as we want without worry. To keep on topic we use min's TCPIP custom tag from the Internet Hosting Toolkit to do the telnet talking :-) HTH, Kym K ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:227378 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
