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| author | Marco d'Itri <md@linux.it> | 2013-03-31 22:21:34 +0200 |
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| committer | Marco d'Itri <md@linux.it> | 2013-04-01 01:27:56 +0200 |
| commit | d24bcb9a4d315bdffa2e65abf8ca5feb299e1204 (patch) | |
| tree | ab9531904da32dff542c07760a9d7116763fe61d | |
| parent | 6392313e631c768b357aa5f64f90c216cc08c9a4 (diff) | |
| download | whois-d24bcb9a4d315bdffa2e65abf8ca5feb299e1204.tar.gz | |
Update the README file for the modern age
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 32 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tld_serv_list | 7 |
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 21 deletions
@@ -1,32 +1,26 @@ -Why another whois client? Because the RIPE client is a mess of hacks and -#ifdefs and more complex programs lack features or are bloated. +In 1999 I wrote this Whois client from scratch because the alternatives +were obsolete or bloated. This client is intelligent and can automatically select the appropriate whois server for most queries. +The internal database is often more accurate than IANA's published one, +but please send me any information you have regarding domains and network +resources which are not correctly handled by the program. -Notes about the data files: -- domain names MUST be lowercase and MUST begin with "." or "-". -- first match wins (for both domains and netblocks) -- elements in tld_serv_list are matched against the end of the query +Because of historical reasons this package also contains the mkpasswd +program, which can be used to encrypt a password with crypt(3). -Please send me any information you have regarding domains and netblocks -not correctly handled by the program. -Please also try to compile after defining HAVE_GETADDRINFO and send me -working #defines for your flavour of UNIX. - -The home of the program is +The canonical distribution point for releases of the program is http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/w/whois/ . -Other information sources: -- RIPE-187 and RIPE-189 (from ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ or - http://www.ripe.net/docs/) -- http://www.uninett.no/navn/domreg.html -- http://www.iana.org/root-whois/xx.htm +Useful information sources: +- http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/current-ripe-documents/ripe-database-documents +- http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/ +- http://www.icann.org/en/resources/idn/fast-track/string-evaluation-completion - http://www.aftld.org/ -Marco d'Itri -<md@linux.it> +Marco d'Itri <md@linux.it> diff --git a/tld_serv_list b/tld_serv_list index 947d836..e7d06f2 100644 --- a/tld_serv_list +++ b/tld_serv_list @@ -1,6 +1,9 @@ # http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/ -# http://www.icann.org/en/resources/idn/fast-track/string-evaluation-completion -# NIC? means I have not been able to find the registry +# +# Domain names MUST be lowercase and MUST begin with "." or "-". +# First match wins. +# Elements in this list are matched against the end of the query. +# "NIC?" means that I have not been able to find the registry. .br.com whois.centralnic.net .cn.com whois.centralnic.net |