At 09:04 1/09/98 +0800, you wrote: > >Quoting Larry Bloch: >| >| Is there any reason why the script that checks for the existence of a AUNIC >Handle uses the whois gateway, rather than the AUNIC Name Status Report that I >NA uses. >| >| Any chance the script could be altered to use the AUNIC Name Status report r >ather than a whois check? > >It would seem to make more sense to solve the problem at its source, >and make whois sync its data regularly. Many people would rely on the >whois server to reflect reality. Yes and no. I agree that the whois db should be refreshed far more frequently (say twice a day). However, this doesn't solve the problem of making .net.au applications. Essentially, the INA procedure is suitable because once can get a new AUNIC Handle and use it in the same operation without having to revisit a domain application once a database has refreshed. Even if the whois db was refreshed once an hour, it would still mean that .net.au applications couldn't be submitted in the same procedure as getting a NIC Handle. > >Perhaps whois could be modified to list unregistered domains too, with >a "Status: Pending" line or similar for yet-to-be-appraised domains - >similar to the InterNIC whois Status field.. This would be usefull too... _____________________________________________ Larry Bloch Chief Executive Officer NetRegistry Pty Limited email: larry§netregistry.au.com Office: +61-(0)2-9555 6299 Fax: +61-(0)2-9555 5808 http://www.netregistry.au.com Domain House, PO Box 2088, Sydney, NSW 1043 _____________________________________________Received on Tue Sep 01 1998 - 09:38:40 UTC
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