NAME

Net::Whois::Raw - Perl extension for unparsed raw whois information

SYNOPSIS

  use Net::Whois::Raw;
  
  $s = whois('perl.com');
  $s = whois('funet.fi');
  $s = whois('yahoo.co.uk');

DESCRIPTION

Net::Whois::Raw queries NetworkSolutions and follows the Registrar: answer for ORG, EDU, COM and NET domains. For other TLDs it uses the whois-servers.net namespace. ($TLD.whois-servers.net).

AUTHOR

Ariel Brosh, schop@cpan.org, Inspired by jwhois.pl available on the net.

Peter Chow, peter@interq.or.jp, Corrections. (See below)

MODIFICATIONS

• Fixed regular expression to match hyphens. (Peter Chow, peter@interq.or.jp)

• Added support for Tonga TLD. (.to) (Peter Chow, peter@interq.or.jp)

CLARIFICATION

As NetworkSolutions got most of the domains of InterNic as legacy, we start by querying their server, as this way one whois query would be sufficient for many domains. Starting at whois.internic.net or whois.crsnic.net will result in always two requests in any case.

COPYRIGHT

Module can be copied, distributed and used with no fee, as long as it is not modified. Repackaging the module for embedding in other software products is allowed, including distribution as a feature of a commercial package. Nevertheless, I guarantee no support whatsoever and grant totally no liability for this module.

COMMERCIAL SUPPORT

As of May 2001, commercial support for modules by SCHOP@CPAN is available via Raz Information Systems, Israel. Mail raz@raz.co.il for details. Note: this is only for commercial organizations in need of support contracts. You are not requested to pay anything to use the module in your organization for a commercial application and there are no royalties for redistributing it to your customers.

SEE ALSO

perl(1), Net::Whois.