Inconsistent NIC handles
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David.Kessens at ripe.net
David.Kessens at ripe.net
Tue Oct 10 12:37:47 CET 1995
Hi David, > David Conrad writes : > > Theoretically speaking: > > if( $suffix eq "RIPE" ){ > `whois -h whois.ripe.net $arg`; > } elsif( length( $suffix ) == 2 ){ > `whois -h whois.apnic.net $arg`; > } else { > `whois -h internic.net $arg`; > } I know, but one exception (Internic) is probably nicer ;-). > >And what if you have more registries in one country ?!? > > Again, theoretically, this would be an internal issue within the > country. One possible solution would be to have a second level (like, > oh say, the DNS), e.g., XX1-Y-TV. OK, but this is something I don't disagree with, I say only: "name of registry should be the same name as the suffix for the nic handle" The name for the registry can easily be a DNS like name ... > Personally, I think the whole idea of handles suck. However, But we have them right now ... It is still better then getting 100 people with the same name after a query (you know all that Davids ;-)). > I feel it is long past time for the architecture of handles to be > completely redone. As an off-the-cuff proposal not having thought > about this in any great detail, but stealing the general concept from > your imperious leader (:-)): You might be right here (Exercise for the reader: which part of the paragraph am I talking about ;-)) > Use the DNS. Have handles.net (or somesuch) allocated and allocate > subdomains for APNIC (and APNIC's assorted sub-registries, underneath > APNIC's subdomain), RIPE, and InterNIC. When you have a handle (say, > XX1.AP), the whois server appends .handles.net, does a DNS lookup and > gets the IP address of the whois server where the record associated > with the handle is stored. The rest is left as an excersize or the > reader (so I can just handwave around all the obvious problems (like > InterNIC's huge number of handles) :-)). > > Comments? No comments (yet). I will keep this proposal in mind. Kind regards, David Kessens
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