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- Date: 28 AUG 92 18:55:09 GMT
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- X-RFC822-From: Brian McKeever <MCKEEVER@VAX2.CSTP.UMKC.EDU>
- From: Brian McKeever <MCKEEVER@VAX2.CSTP.UMKC.EDU>
- Subject: Re: Local whois server.
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- I've got a local whois server that does what we need. I doubt seriously
- that it is an RFC compliant server. All it is is a program that the
- MULTINET_SERVER process calls to reply to connections to the whois port. It
- accepts a single string and searches a text file for matches. Nothing
- fancy. You may want to use it until you get some real WHOIS code. It's
- one of those quick and dirty things. Everything worth doing is not worth
- doing right. ;-)
-
- You can get it via anonymous FTP from CSTP.UMKC.EDU in the
- [.MNET.WHOIS-SERVER] directory. There is a MAKEFILE and I think the
- instructions (very limited) are in the source code. You do need a C
- compiler.
-
- Hope you find it useful,
-
- --Brian
-
- P.S. I think Ehud gave me the original code. Have to give credit where
- credit is due.
-