On Sun, Apr 19, 1998 at 08:47:56PM +0800, David R. Conrad wrote:
and if all the registries participate in a cross-mirroring program, then all would be well, no? If you mirror correctly, it doesn't much matter _which_ host you hit.
<CYNICISM> Eh? You mean you won't have to know which registry to hit to look up an address beforehand? Where would the fun be in that? </CYNICISM>
:-)
The ARIN database and the RIPE/APNIC databases are incompatible (something that was going to be fixed in the RIDE (registry information data exchange) WG, but it seems to have run into a snag or something), thus mirroring would be a bit more work than one might imagine.
Forgive me, I wasn't clear: if each registry, in addition to it's own database lookup services, operates mirrors of the database lookup services of the other registries: IE: I can't get to whois.arin.net, so I go to ap.arin.net, which lives at the APNIC, on their network space. Clearer? Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth jra@baylink.com Member of the Technical Staff Unsolicited Commercial Emailers Sued The Suncoast Freenet "Two words: Darth Doogie." -- Jason Colby, Tampa Bay, Florida on alt.fan.heinlein +1 813 790 7592 Managing Editor, Top Of The Key sports e-zine ------------ http://www.totk.com