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Re: Debian RWHOIS
From: "Ricky Beam" <jfbeam () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2015 20:05:36 -0400
On Wed, 08 Jul 2015 18:12:47 -0400, Jeff Walter <jwalter () weebly com> wrote:
he basically told me RWHOIS was dead
It is most certainly NOT dead. It is, and always has been, a very small userbase. SWIP has always been a pain in the ass. Modern web-ized methods are more acceptable, but still an ugly mess. But, that said, so are all the (r)whois implementations.
In eons long past, I ran an rwhois server. It was almost infinitely easier to convert our address management database (text file) into rwhois zone data. And since the only reason to do any of this crap was for address requests -- once or twice a year, the reduction in man hours dealing with SWIP was greatly rewarded.
Current thread:
- Debian RWHOIS Josh Moore (Jul 08)
- Re: Debian RWHOIS Dan White (Jul 08)
- Re: Debian RWHOIS Josh Luthman (Jul 08)
- Re: Debian RWHOIS Shawn L (Jul 08)
- Re: Debian RWHOIS Jeff Walter (Jul 08)
- Re: Debian RWHOIS Bryan Tong (Jul 08)
- Re: Debian RWHOIS Bryan Holloway (Jul 08)
- Re: Debian RWHOIS Landon Stewart (Jul 08)
- Re: Debian RWHOIS Bryan Tong (Jul 08)
- Re: Debian RWHOIS Emanuele Balla (Jul 08)
- Re: Debian RWHOIS Ricky Beam (Jul 08)
- Re: Debian RWHOIS Bryan Holloway (Jul 08)
- Re: Debian RWHOIS Josh Luthman (Jul 08)
- Re: Debian RWHOIS Dan White (Jul 08)
- RE: Debian RWHOIS Josh Moore (Jul 08)