> > Here is my proposed solution:
> >
> > 1) OpenSRS' whois should return results only for data local to the
> > OpenSRS registration database
> >
> > 2) At a minimum, if #1 is ruled out, the whois server should stop
> > querying the internic whois first, and instead search the local
> > database first, and only do a forwarded query if the local search
> > returns no results.
But then in both cases, the data can never be reasonably authoritative, and
therefore not really all that useful....
Wouldn't it make more sense to go with a third option that works the same
way our whois does now, but adds the capability to parse for no response
from crsnic and then automatically performs a local lookup on the OpenSRS
db?
-rwr
Ross Wm. Rader
Director, Innovation & Research
Tucows Inc.
t. 416.538.5492
