[72613] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Whois/RWhois Server - what is everyone running..?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Peter Corlett)
Wed Jul 21 04:47:31 2004
To: nanog@nanog.org
From: abuse@cabal.org.uk (Peter Corlett)
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 08:46:22 +0000 (UTC)
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Richard J. Sears <rsears@adnc.com> wrote:
> We are looking into the possibility of implementing our own RWhois
> server as opposed to continuing to provide information via SWIP. I
> am looking for any advice as to what people are currently running
> for their whois/rwhois server.
When I started working at CentralNic, I found it was little more than
a Perl script hanging off inetd.
I replaced it with an Apache-style preforked daemon (still written in
Perl) that cached database handles and the like, with the intent that
this was a proof of concept for a C++ version. As is typical, the Perl
worked well enough that it didn't get rewritten :)
[...]
> Searching Google does not seem to produce a variety of whois/rwhois
> server software.
It's not exactly a common requirement...
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