Hello Lynn, Thank you for you input. Actually the way I configured this whois is just like you describe. I query directly to the main registry whois server and grab the result as a message.
I will send update in the next few days if I complete all extension. Thanks again, Emil. -------------------------- www.needguide.com www.MultiForums.com - FREE hosted message board for your clients. www.Topsites.info - FREE Topsites/ranking service. -------------------------- > It's a very nice offer -- as are the other suggestions. > > Trouble is, people offer free resources, and then the cost of providing > them or the work involved in maintaining them gets excessive. Then they > go away. > > Or, they move from one domain to another, without warning, and they > appear to go away. > > So, given that this is the developers' list, and if you make your own > you control your own. > > The WHOIS protocol is described in RFC-954. It's very simple. > > Telnet to port 43, send the domain name, get back a response. > > The response will be a whole bunch of text. If you go to > whois.crsnic.net, the only thing you are interested in is a line that > says "Whois Server: whois.opensrs.net" -- this tells you the registrar's > whois. > > Discard the rest, repeat the query using the server above, and you're > done. > > If you don't see "Whois Server:" then you're probably done. > > You will need a table of top-level-domains, and the associated whois > server. Not all top-level domains have them. > > You can test this with your favorite telnet client. Just remember to > connect to the whois port. > > -- Lynn > > On Mon, 8 Dec 2003 02:22:06 -0500 (EST), Emil wrote: >> Hi there! >> >> Please check www.webquery.biz redirect >> to(http://www.referrer.com/webquery/webquery2.php) for whois domain >> names. I'm currently adding more domain extension. >> >> Please send me your input or suggestion to make it useful for the >> community. >> >> Once I complete adding domain extension for query. I will provide a >> search box for your website. Ofcourse free to use. >> >> Cheers for now, >> Emil [at]needguide.com >> >> -------------------------- >> www.needguide.com >> www.MultiForums.com - FREE hosted message board for your clients. >> www.Topsites.info - FREE Topsites/ranking service. >> -------------------------- >> >>> It used to be simple, now it isn't. >>> >>> As a general rule, you need to query the registry whois server for >>> each TLD, that will give you the whois for the appropriate registrar, >>> and you need to query again. >>> >>> -- Lynn >>> >>> On Sat, 6 Dec 2003 11:49:00 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>>> Hello: >>>> >>>> Anyone know where I can find a list of WhoIS servers who support >>>> all domain extension checks. Unfortunately whois.opensrs.net only >>>> supports .com, .net. org, and .edu. >>>> -Thanks
