This script requires a perl module (included)
called Net-ParseWhois. Like any module the following instructions apply which are
- Upload the .tar module
- Telnet to your server and untar the module
using the command
- tar xvf Net-ParseWhois-0.62.tar
- Next type the commands through telnet
- perl Makefile.PL
- make
- make install
This completes the installation of the
required perl module. The installation can take place anywhere on your server.
I recommend making a special directory on your server called "modules"
and putting this and all future modules inside of here so everything remains organized.
So now that you have the module installed we can proceed with the script
installation.
The first step is to open up each and every
file that has a .cgi extention and edit line number one of each script. Each of the
cgi scripts is written in perl 5. For your scripts to run they must know where perl 5 is
installed on your web server. The path to perl 5 is defined to a cgi script in the first
line of the file. In each of the cgi scripts the first line of code looks something like
this:
#!/usr/bin/perl
If the path to perl 5 on your web server is
different from /usr/bin/perl you must edit the first line of each cgi script to reflect
the correct path. If the path to perl 5 is the same no changes are necessary. If you do
not know the path to perl 5 ask the webmaster or system administrator at your server site.
(For the most up-to-date docs, see the POD
included with the latest Net::ParseWhois package.)
NAME
Net::ParseWhois - An extendable alternative to Net::Whois for
parsing whois information.
DESCRIPTION
Disclaimer: this is my first CPAN module. Feedback, bugfixes,
general comments, etc will be greatly appreciated.
Net::ParseWhois currently only supports domains from major TLDs and
Registrars (.com, .net & .org -- see REGISTRARS for an exact list of who's supported)
and tries to maintain backward interface compatability with Net::Whois.
Net::ParseWhois is my attempt at updating Net::Whois to support
whois referrals. The author of Net::Whois (Dana Hudes) and I disgreed on how to solve the
problem of parsing a distrubuted and non-standardized whois system, so I created this
divergent module. (It's my understanding that Mr. Hudes wants to create an IETF draft and
assumes registrars/registries will then follow it. I've simply taken the current
not-so-defined situation and coded around it.)
Net::ParseWhois contains a generalized parsing system that can be
configured for each Registrar, or completely overridden as needed. The class
`Net::ParseWhois::Domain::Registrar' contains a list of known servers that could be
returned in a whois referral, and specifies the specific class to use for each. When
`Net::ParseWhois' receives a referral from the 'root' whois server, it creates the
specified object and calls follow_referral on that object. If a domain is found and a
referral given, but no Registrar class has been defined to handle that referral, the
method *ok* will return true but method 'unknown_registrar' will also return true.
Net::ParseWhois will still follow the referral, and the raw output from the registrar will
be available via the method 'raw_whois_text'.
REGISTRARS
Currently supported: supported registrars would cover
upwards of 90% of the registrations that are out there.
- whois.dotster.com - Dotster, Inc.
- whois.register.com - Register.com, Inc.
- whois.networksolutions.com - Network Solutions, Inc.
- whois.opensrs.net - Tucows.com, Inc.
- whois.domaindiscover.com - Tierranet, Inc.
- whois.bulkregister.com - Bulkregister.com, Inc.
- rs.domainbank.net - Domain Bank, Inc.
Not supported (with notes..):
- whois.registrars.com - should be SIMPLE.
- whois.nordnet.net - should be easy.
- whois.namesecure.com - easy
- whois.compuserve.com - easy
- whois.itsyourdomain.com - easy
- whois.namesdirect.com - easy
- whois.enom.com - easy, but no nameserver or expire/updated data
- whois.domaininfo.com - not too hard. follows same structure, but uses
different template/style
- whois.nameit.net - different style, not too hard
- whois.yesnic.com - Korean based registrar, field's are labeled. would
require work.
- whois.gandi.net - French, RIPE style whois.
- whois.dotearth.com - might be ugly. no newlines between different
sections
- whois.InternetNamesWW.com - yuck.
- whois.corenic.net - lots of wierd fields, little conformity
- whois.names4ever.com - no data?? down?
Known registrars that I haven't looked at --
- whois.schlund.de
- whois.registrars.com
- whois.gandi.net
- whois.doregi.com
- whois.easyspace.com
- whois.dotregistrar.com
- whois.ibi.net
- whois.OnlineNIC.com
- whois.paycenter.com.cn
- whois.domainpeople.com
- whois.awregistry.net
- whois.discount-domain.com
- whois.dotearth.com
- whois.psi-domains.com
- whois.gkg.net
- whois.enetregistry.com
- whois.speednic.net
- whois.domaininfo.com
- whois.catalog.com
- whois.oleane.net
- whois.totalnic.net
- whois.alldomains.com
- whois.signaturedomains.com
- whois.1stdomain.net
- whois.enterprice.net
- whois.stargateinc.com
- whois.e-names.org
- nswhois.domainregistry.com
- whois.worldnet.net
- whois.naame.com
- whois.eastcom.com
- whois.domainzoo.com
AUTHORS / ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Net::ParseWhois is maintained by Abraham A. Ingersoll -
abe@dajoba.com.This module is a based on Net::Whois, which is maintained by Dana Hudes
(dhudes@hudes.org). Net::Whois was originally written by Chip Salzenberg (chip@pobox.com).
Thanks to: Joseph Ingersoll for testing under ActivePerl.
Curtis Poe for comments and bug testing.
Copyright 2000 Abraham A Ingersoll Some portions may be copyright
1998 Dana Hudes & Chip Salzenberg. This module is free software; you can
redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.