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[ILUG] Smarter whois

[ILUG] Smarter whois

Scott Wunsch scott at wunsch.org
Thu Apr 13 18:27:59 IST 2000


On Thu, 13-Apr-2000 at 13:47:17 +0100, Kenn Humborg wrote:

> ISTR a new whois package that automatically chases the
> referrals from the whois.internic.net to the whois 
> server of the relevant registrar (and maybe even knows
> about which whois servers are best for which TLDs).

Geektools.com has a whois proxy that can do this sort of thing.  I just
patched my whois program to query whois.geektools.com by default, and it
works great.

If you don't feel like patching it yourself, I can send you a patched
version (or a patched RPM, for that matter)...

-- 
Take care,
Scott \\'unsch

... Shin (n): Device for finding furniture in the dark.




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