On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Rob Martin wrote:
>
> ah, i thought you meant for checking domain availability on demand. is it
> necessary to check for expired sites? i had the impression from a previous
> thread that NSI doesn't release those except under a nuclear threat...
Not true, there are domains released. The one below was registered by
me a little while ago. internic and netsol still have yesterday's
record:
*************************************************************************
Domain not found locally, but Registry points back to local DB.
Local whois DB must be out of date.
Whois Server Version 1.3
Domain names in the .com, .net, and .org domains can now be registered
with many different competing registrars. Go to
http://www.internic.net
for detailed information.
Domain Name: KNOWHOWDOMAIN.COM
Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC.
Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com
Referral URL: www.networksolutions.com
Name Server: NS1.IFREEDNS.COM
Name Server: NS2.IFREEDNS.COM
Updated Date: 19-oct-2000
>>> Last update of whois database: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 08:08:25 EDT <<<
************************************************************************
If this is what it says, the domain will be free soon after. You never
know when :-)
> seriously, this could be done with a shell script without too much
> trouble. run once a day as a cron job, shortly after the
> NSI database is updated (5:30am EST?),
This seems to be at different times. See output above.
> grep the results and have it page
> you when one is released?
I wouldn't mind to learn from your scripting ...
--
Marc Schneiders (rest in header)
>
> robm
>
> On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Newfield-Net-Host.com wrote:
>
> >
> > Both of these are fine, I could log in to net/sol or any one of the
> > authorized ICANN sites for the same thing. :~)
> >
> > I was wondering if there's an automated process that will run, say,
> > every day at a preset time, and then notify me if a domain has
> > returned to the pool? Otherwise, it's necessary to manually check
> > for availability daily to catch the domain(s) that has(ve)n't been
> > renewed, when net/sol finally gets around to releasing.
> >
> > What do the rest of you guys do, when you have an eye on
> > a domain that appears abandoned? Manually check them? Daily?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > tom
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >
> >
> >
> > > We have customised some existing script ideas and come up with
> > > http://www.virtualflirt.co.uk/whois/
> > > which looks at all main systems & TLD's
> > > some don't appear to work like .cn (china) & .tv
> > > but it does work if you put ca (to look up a .ca) in the "other" box
> > >
> > > trying to drive traffic to our http://www.virtualflirt.co.uk game
> > > rather than encourage public whois look ups
> > >
> > > but it could also be used to send a data string to the next page for
> > clients
> > > to register a domain if it appears available
> > >
> > > N.B. we do NOT keep any data on any of the domain names that are looked up
> > > using this script
> > > just in case your worried about us running a .php script / database
> > >
> > > regards
> > >
> > > martyn
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On my site I use a PHP script that calls fwhois and feeds the results
> > back
> > > > to the user.
> > > >
> > > > <shameless plug>
> > > > You can check it out at http://www.2guyshosting.com/lookup.php and see
> > if
> > > > you like it.
> > > > </shameless plug>
> > > >
> > > > If you like it, I'd be happy to share the source with you or the
> > > > list. However, keep a couple of things in mind -- one, fwhois is a
> > > > Unix/Linux command; this won't work without changes on an IIS server.
> > Two,
> > > > this kind of an input (essentially being the argument to a console
> > > > command) can be pretty insecure. I've been relatively careful with it,
> > but
> > > > your mileage may vary.
> > > >
> > > > Rob Martin
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Newfield-Net-Host.com wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Is there a way to automatically check for the availability of a
> > > > > domain name? A script or something, maybe even an
> > > > > email notification?
> > > > > tom
> > > > >
> > > > >
> >
> >
> >
>
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