Re: Need for .nz WHOIS server

On Fri, Nov 13, 1998 at 08:49:51AM +1300, Mark Davies wrote:

From: Joe Abley Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 20:33:11 +1300

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Reason for wanting published registration information is principally for finding out contact details, in cases of (a) network abuse, (b) spam or (c) operational problems. Plus it's interesting to poke around in :)

Is there any particular reason for wanting this in WHOIS format since the information is available via the web?

http://domainz.waikato.ac.nz/cgi-bin/DNZ-REGISTER?domain_name=DOMAIN.NAME

Aah, I didn't actually notice it was on the web. In principal though, I prefer the idea of records being available in a standard format, as it makes them easy to parse with standard tools. RIPE-181 is as close to a standard as we have right now. I think the correct way to do it would be to populate a ripe-181 database (accessible by whois) with authoritative data, and to make the web interface either by parsed snapshots of the ripe-181 database, or via a cgi interface which performs the whois and formats the results for html. This is more of an architectural argument than a practical one, however :) Joe -- Joe Abley Tel +64 9 912-4065, Fax +64 9 912-5008 Network Architect, CLEAR Net http://www.clear.net.nz/ --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog