At 8:37 PM +0100 9/20/03, Simon Lockhart wrote:
Okay, to Internet "Experts", things are broken - their domain checking scripts no longer return "domain available" (why not just check whois.internic.net?).
To quote Verisign, although this is true of all other whois providers:
TERMS OF USE: You are not authorized to access or query our Whois database through the use of electronic processes that are high-volume and automated except as reasonably necessary to register domain names or modify existing registrations; the Data in VeriSign Global Registry
Never mind that there isn't a standard format for the returned information between providers. The whois database is not a replacement for a DNS query. -- Kee Hinckley http://www.messagefire.com/ Next Generation Spam Defense http://commons.somewhere.com/buzz/ Writings on Technology and Society I'm not sure which upsets me more: that people are so unwilling to accept responsibility for their own actions, or that they are so eager to regulate everyone else's.