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Re: small vent
From: Alex Bligh <amb () gxn net>
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 18:30:10 +0100
Why can't the registry folks get their collective act together and provide users with a system that allows a simple request like "whois name" to find the appropriate [piece] of the database.Why can't the ISPs get their act together and use a whois client that allows a simple request like "whois name" to find the appropriate database? This is simple enough that it could be done with a PERL script frontend to the regular whois client and as an added bonus it could lookup info in the country-code TLD databases as well.
If people used a WKS RR for whois in reverse and forward DNS this would solve this problem with a very small client hack, and allow for future changes throughout both the namespace and IP hierachy. -- Alex Bligh GX Networks (formerly Xara Networks)
Current thread:
- Re: small vent, (continued)
- Re: small vent David R. Conrad (Jun 28)
- Re: small vent Mark Milhollan (Jun 28)
- Re: small vent Jon Lewis (Jun 28)
- Re: small vent David R. Conrad (Jun 30)
- Re: small vent Alex Bligh (Jun 30)
- Re: small vent Daniel Karrenberg (Jun 29)
- Re: small vent David Lesher (Jun 27)
- Re: small vent Michael Dillon (Jun 27)
- Re: small vent Alex Bligh (Jun 27)
- Re: small vent Greg A. Woods (Jun 27)
- Re: small vent Greg A. Woods (Jun 29)
- Re: small vent Patrick Greenwell (Jun 29)
- Re: small vent Michael Dillon (Jun 27)
- Moderately functional whois Mark Milhollan (Jun 27)
- Re: small vent Patrick Greenwell (Jun 29)
- Filtering Unregistered Blocks (WAS: small vent) Patrick W. Gilmore (Jun 29)