In message <CAKvLzuFZzCrr-jdU_WJOQ69jcWnnt1o0-gmBwy2i4pKtv4UypQ@mail.gmail.com> denis walker <ripedenis@gmail.com> wrote:
Interesting that you have tried to build a tool to get the correct whois data on a resource from any RIR. The RIPE Database already does this for you. The RIPE NCC mirrors all the other RIR resource databases and some independent IRR databases in a Global Resource Service (GRS) If you include the flag '--resource' in your query to the RIPE Database you will get a response from all sources. ... (Maybe I am missing something...)
I prefer to get the data from the horse's mouth. There are a number of complex technical reasons for this, at least some of which having to do with (a) simulating the effect of the -L option for those RIRs that do not really support it (i.e. ARIN & LACNIC) and also (b) dealing with the problems caused by per-RIR unique rate limits, once again, in particular, relative to ARIN & LACNIC[1]. Regards, rfg ======== [1] Trying doing more that a handful of WHOIS queries against the LACNIC WHOIS data base if you want to see a glaringly ridiculous rate limit. Or try asking the ARIN WHOIS server for all of the records it has that relate to IP allocations assigned to, e.g. OHV. And good luck with that.