unfortunately WHOIS is a protocol, and a rather simple one.
handles are part of the service that some registries/registrars have chosen
to implement on top of the WHOIS protocol. (Others provide similar
services, but don't use handles; others use the WHOIS protocol for
completely unrelated services.)
For more discussion on issues related to access to registries/registrars, I
suggest the CRISP working group.
Harald
--On 12. oktober 2002 14:22 -0700 Einar Stefferud <Steflist@thor.nma.com>
wrote:
> I suspect that a better answer was desired.
>
> I suggest that the local WHOIS handles be distinguished by the global
> WHOIS database name. I am assuming that no two WHOIS database providers
> use the same global handle for their WHOIS servers.
>
> Then your database searches can find the instances of local name and
> report back with all the WHOIS sources available to help resolve the
> query. Most of the time, the results will be singular, but when not
> singular, the query response offers a way to resolve the ambiguity.
>
> Then I think the proposal has a chance of working.
>
> Cheers...\Stef
>
>
> Rick Wesson <wessorh@ar.com> posted:
>
>> Florian,
>>
>> there is no guarantee the uniqueness of WHOIS handles. there is no name
>> space for whois, nor an entity to register such.
>>
>> pick any prefix you wish.
>>
>> -rick
>>
>> On Sat, 12 Oct 2002, Florian Weimer wrote:
>>
>> > Is there some method to guarantee the uniqueness of WHOIS handles?
>> > Can I register affixes somehwere?
>> >
>> > I'm currently creating a WHOIS-like database (which might be publicly
>> > accessible one day), and I'd like to avoid handle collisions with
>> > other WHOIS databases.
>> >
>> > (I asked a similar question on some IETF WHOIS list a few months ago,
>> > but this list appears to be dead.)
>> >
>
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