Querying Large Number of Whois Records?
I'm sure that someone has already been asked by someone on this list, so please forget the duplicate request.... Anyway, we are looking for a way to query a large number of Whois Records. We have a perl script that does a really great job of this (Feed it IP Address's, it give you back whois records), but, ARIN's Whois server appears to be configured that after 50 or so queries in quick succession, it will kill our connection (Which actually makes sense because of the potential load we or other people might put on it). So, I was wondering, is there any good method of queuing large number of Whois Records, or possibly setting up a caching whois server? Any comments/suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks! Spencer ************************************************************ Spencer Wood, Network Manager Ohio Department Of Transportation 1320 Arthur E. Adams Drive Columbus, Ohio 43221 E-Mail: Spencer.Wood@dot.state.oh.us Phone: 614.387.0710/Fax: 815.361.0714/Pager: 866.591.9954 *************************************************************
Spencer, In the last 12 months or so, the ARIN membership passed a measure allowing those with "bona fide" research needs to petition ARIN directly for bulk WHOIS information. I cannot seem to find information on this policy directly on ARIN's website, and thus it may not be properly documented. I strongly suggest sending an e-mail to hostmaster@arin.net and engage in a discussion with them about your needs. /david
Spencer, I found the minutes for the ARIN meeting at which the proposal I was referring to was passed. I think my last post mis-represented the policy, so here are the minutes for your enjoyment: Policy Proposal 7 (Bulk copies of ARIN WHOIS DB) | Presentation Richard Jimmerson stated the policy proposal and moderated the discussion that followed. It is proposed ARIN provide a bulk copy of WHOIS output, minus point of contact information, on the ARIN FTP site for download by any organization that wishes to obtain the data providing they agree to ARIN's acceptable use policy that would accompany the data. An attendee commented that as long as the proposed policy retains the minus POC language, that he had no objections. There was further discussion about how the AUP would be agreed to. The language of the current proposal states that the AUP would be attached to the data and that an individual who downloaded it would agree to the AUP by default. One attendee expressed that they felt the requestor of the data should physically sign the AUP and that ARIN should keep this documentation on file. The attendees of the meeting were asked if they supported the policy proposal, as written. Yeas: majority Nays: 2
Spencer.Wood@dot.state.oh.us wrote:
Anyway, we are looking for a way to query a large number of Whois Records.
For what purpose? Doug -- "We have known freedom's price. We have shown freedom's power. And in this great conflict, ... we will see freedom's victory." - George W. Bush, President of the United States State of the Union, January 28, 2002 Do YOU Yahoo!?
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