[ILUG] Smarter whois

[Kenn Humborg]

> > > www.geektools.com is probably yer man.
> > 
> > Any command-line one?
> 
> I'd guess not, as there aren't (as far as I know, unless they've
> changed things, etc, etc) any delegation systems within whois. 
> geektools just tell their proxy what the best bet is for each 
> TLD and/or IP range, and it proxies through to them. A database
> has to be maintained..

Well, recently, whois.internic.net started producing output
like:

   [kenn at atlas kenn]$ whois bluetreesystems.com
   [rs.internic.net]
   ...
      Domain Name: BLUETREESYSTEMS.COM
      Registrar: CORE INTERNET COUNCIL OF REGISTRARS
      Whois Server: whois.corenic.net
      Referral URL: www.corenic.net
   ...

Then you're supposed to do:

   [kenn at atlas kenn]$ whois bluetreesystems.com at whois.corenic.net
   [whois.corenic.net]
   Blue Tree Hostmaster (template COCO-184020)
      Blue Tree Systems Ltd
      Mervue Business Park
      Galway, Co. Galway   .   IE
   ...

I'm pretty sure there's a command line whois that will chase
this referral automatically.  I'll find it yet...

Later,
Kenn