Duncan McQueen wrote:
Hello,
I am trying to do direct whois queries over squid. I can do such
queries as HTTP requests, but was curious as to whether it is possible
to do th requests directly (to port 43)? If so, what would be the
commands to the server. For example, the http request is "GET
whois.pl HTTP/1.1 etc", how would he similar command look for a whois
query?
See RFC 954. WHOIS is a ancient protocol, much easier to understand
than, say, HTTP. A command just looks like
<whois-name><cr><lf>
then read, read, read till your done.
That's it. Although this RFC is now obsolete (in 2003 IIRC) it's enough
to get an understanding.
David
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"It's overkill of course, but you can never have too much overkill."
