Yes, but when a do a request like that to squid, I get an error stating "invalid request". I am curious about the header information to be feed to the proxy. With an HTTP request I specify something like this (to get the authentication down): GET (request_url) HTTP/1.0\r\nHost: (proxy_name)\r\n Proxy-Authorization: Basic (proxy_user:proxy_pass)\r\n\r\n Would a whois query be just: request_url HTTP/1.0\r\nHost: (proxy_name)\r\n Proxy-Authorization: Basic (proxy_user:proxy_pass)\r\n\r\n? This, of course gives an error since there is no request type. On 5/24/06, David Landgren <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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 -- "It's overkill of course, but you can never have too much overkill."
