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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical GeekTools update Part 1 - whois-servers.net
Based on suggestions, we've now added a new set of nameservers which will serve up data on known whois servers. Requests in the form: dig xxx.whois-servers.net where xxx = tld (de, jp, com, ch, int, etcetera) will return a record with the correct CNAME and dns values. dig xxx.whois-servers.net any will return additional TXT records with the 'common' name for the TLD, for logic checking (Germany, Japan, Switzerland, International, etcetera). Obviously these answers will only be valid for the whois servers we are aware of. nslookup xxx.whois-servers.net will return the valid ip address and aliases, of course. Additionally, zone transfers (axfr) may be made for whois-servers.net if you prefer to proxy this data internally. I suggest you do this at least once to see which tld's we know about. I will also post the latest updates and features to the whois.geektools.com proxy shortly. These include: - AS numbers via APNIC, RIPE, and ARIN. Queries are routed to the proper server. - ARIN, RIPE, and APNIC "handle" and netblock lookups - RADB queries - Queries can be forced to specific NIC servers if needed while still using the proxy. - IP block lookups using the correct registry. - Self-contained - no external programs (unix whois or other lookup utility) required. - "Smart" whois server handling for those servers that tend to spew output in strange forms. The same features will also appear in the web-based whois tool at www.geektools.com. Finally, as usual, please send updates, feature requests and comments to [email protected] Rodney Joffe CenterGate Research Group www.centergate.com www.geektools.com
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