John Levine <jo...@iecc.com> wrote: > > I've set up <domain>.ws.sp.am (that's ws for Whois Server) which is > updated every day from a variety of sources so it's pretty accurate. > It's had the right server for pro.ws.sp.am all along.
It would be extra super helpful if every entry were a wildcard, so you could look up (say) example.com.ws.sp.am and get a CNAME for the right whois server. The reason for this is that the relevant whois server is not always keyed off just the TLD, and sometimes the TLD doesn't provide a referral. A particular case I know of is ac.uk vs. uk. You could have *.uk.ws.sp.am. CNAME whois.nic.uk. *.ac.uk.ws.sp.am. CNAME whois.ja.net. Then I could look up cambridge.ac.uk.ws.sp.am and cambridge.net.uk.ws.sp.am and get the right pointer in each case with a single DNS lookup. Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <d...@dotat.at> http://dotat.at/ Southeast Fitzroy: Northerly 5 or 6, becoming variable 4 in north and west. Rough becoming moderate later. Mainly fair. Good.
