Erm, we are getting a bit off-topic... this is dev-list :-)
Chris,1) This is handled by RFC-1876 (in DNS, not Whois)
Then, tell us, what is WHOIS good for in your opinion?
5) I'm not sure what LEGITIMATE reason one would have for monitoring any but their own whois -- and no one else should be able to access this. For our domains, they either can't be modified, or I don't care.A few legitimate reasons I can think of:
- "Who has registered the domain of the name of my company??"
=> Kill 'em, kill 'em!
=> I want to buy it!
=> Sue 'em!
- "When will my domain expire?" ((L)user forgets everything, probably even where he/she has registered the domain.)
- "Where was this domain registered?" (User doesn't know - we want to transfer - expires in 6 days - OK if at Tucows, NOT OK if at NetSol, etc.).
- "Pleeeeaaase take a look if I used the correct nameservers!"
Most importantly, many times our users ask us to help them to resolve problems with their domains, which are not registered at us, because they don't know how to get WHOIS info (or they don't understand it). It would be easier and faster if they could handle this themselves. Also, if the WHOIS provides all info, then why not put it into a localizeable form.
- Cs.
