I'm not sure quite how this works but I'm the currently active maintainer of
Net::Whois along with the inactive maintainer Chip and therefore I think Chip and I
own the namespace.
Considering that this code was offered in principle as complete many months ago and
only sent to me the evening before this namespace proposal
I think you all are running a bit quick and impatient.
Not to mention you could have asked to have delegation of Net::Whois::RIPE to Chip and
I directly in private.
Slow down, and I'll check out your module and see where it fits with the other
contributed code to handle various RIPE-style domains.
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From: "Paul Gampe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 1:33 AM
Subject: Net::Whois::RIPE namespace proposal?
> Hi,
>
> I would like to propose the following module for inclusion into the
> Net::Whois namespace.
>
> Name DSLI Description
> ------------- ---- --------------------------------------------
> Net::Whois::RIPE adpO Perl module API to a RIPE-157 database
>
> Standard Description Module Name
> -------- ----------- -----------
> RIPE157 RIPE Network Management Database Client Net::Whois::RIPE
>
>
> Also I just did a quick search of the 'official' module list
> http://www.cpan.org/modules/00modlist.long.html and noted that none of
> the current Whois client modules (Net::Whois, Net::Whois::RAW, etc) are
> included. Is there a reason for this?
>
> References:
>
> http://ftp.apnic.net/ietf/rfc/rfc0000/rfc0954.txt
> http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-157.html
>
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>
>
> NNNNAAAAMMMMEEEE
> Whois::RIPE - Perl OO implementation of Whois.
>
> SSSSYYYYNNNNOOOOPPPPSSSSIIIISSSS
> use Net::Whois::RIPE;
>
> my $whois = Net::Whois::RIPE->new($host,Timeout=>10);
>
> $whois->find_less; # find all less specific matches
> my @results=$whois->query('203.203.203.203');
>
> my $resp = $results[0]; # only look at the first result
>
> print $resp->person(), "\n";
> print $resp->address(), "\n";
> print $resp->fax_no(), "\n";
>
>
> DDDDEEEESSSSCCCCRRRRIIIIPPPPTTTTIIIIOOOONNNN
> Net::Whois::RIPE is a class implementing a RIPE whois
> client.
>
> CCCCOOOONNNNSSSSTTTTRRRRUUUUCCCCTTTTOOOORRRR
> nnnneeeewwww ((((HHHHOOOOSSSSTTTT
>[[[[,,,,OOOOPPPPTTTTIIIIOOOONNNNSSSS]]]]))))
> This is the constructor for a new Net::Whois::RIPE
> object. `HOST' is the name of the remote host to which
> a whois connection is required.
>
> `OPTIONS' are passed in a hash like fashion, using key
> and value pairs. Possible options are:
>
> PPPPoooorrrrtttt - The port number to connect to on the remote
> machine for the whois connection
>
> TTTTiiiimmmmeeeeoooouuuutttt - Set a timeout value
>(defaults to 30)
>
> DDDDeeeebbbbuuuugggg - debug level
>
> The constructor croaks on failure.
>
> MMMMEEEETTTTHHHHOOOODDDDSSSS
> +o
>tttteeeemmmmppppllllaaaatttteeee((((WWWWHHHHOOOOIIIISSSS____OOOOBBBBJJJJEEEECCCCTTTT____NNNNAAAAMMMMEEEE))))
> Sends a template request to whois host for a
> template for WHOIS_OBJECT_NAME. Results are
> returned in a
>_N_e_t_:_:_W_h_o_i_s_:_:_R_I_P_E_:_:_Q_u_e_r_y object. The
> template is retrieved via the _c_o_n_t_e_n_t method on the
> _N_e_t_:_:_W_h_o_i_s_:_:_R_I_P_E_:_:_Q_u_e_r_y
>object.
>
> $t = $whois->template('person');
> $text = $t->content;
>
> If WHOIS_OBJECT_NAME is undefined then the method will
> carp and return undef.
>
>
>
>
> 2000-07-05 perl v5.6.0 1
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>
>
> +o
>vvvveeeerrrrbbbboooosssseeee____tttteeeemmmmppppllllaaaatttteeee((((WWWWHHHHOOOOIIIISSSS____OOOOBBBBJJJJEEEECCCCTTTT____NNNNAAAAMMMMEEEE))))
> Like tttteeeemmmmppppllllaaaatttteeee, but
>sends a verbose template request
> to the whois host for WHOIS_OBJECT_NAME. Results
> are returned in a
>_N_e_t_:_:_W_h_o_i_s_:_:_R_I_P_E_:_:_Q_u_e_r_y object.
> The verbose template is retrieved via the _c_o_n_t_e_n_t
> method on the
>_N_e_t_:_:_W_h_o_i_s_:_:_R_I_P_E_:_:_Q_u_e_r_y object.
>
> $vt = $whois->verbose_template('person');
> $text = $vt->content;
>
> If WHOIS_OBJECT_NAME is undefined then the method will
> carp and return undef.
>
> +o
>qqqquuuueeeerrrryyyy((((QQQQUUUUEEEERRRRYYYY____TTTTEEEEXXXXTTTT))))
> Formats query flag options (see below) and sends
> them and QUERY_TEXT to the server. If called in a
> scalar context then the first object returned from
> the server is passed back as a single
> _N_e_t_:_:_W_h_o_i_s_:_:_R_I_P_E_:_:_Q_u_e_r_y
>object. In an array
> context, all returned objects returned from the
> server are parsed into in a list and returned
> (potentially quite large).
>
> $q = $whois->query('key') # a single Query
> @q = $whois->query('key') # an array of Queries
>
> If QUERY_KEY is undefined, undef is returned. Any failure
> will carp and return undef.
>
> If
>mmmmaaaaxxxx____rrrreeeeaaaadddd____ssssiiiizzzzeeee
> is greater than zero then the server
> response will be abandoned when greater than max_read_size
> bytes have been read. The last _Q_u_e_r_y object read will have
> warning messages set to indicate that the response was
> cut.
>
> +o
>uuuuppppddddaaaatttteeee((((UUUUPPPPDDDDAAAATTTTEEEE____TTTTEEEEXXXXTTTT))))
> Sends UPDATE_TEXT directly to server. Query flag
> options (below) are not used by update. Server
> response is returned via
>_N_e_t_:_:_W_h_o_i_s_:_:_R_I_P_E_:_:_Q_u_e_r_y.
> Use the ccccoooonnnntttteeeennnntttt method on
>the Query object to via
> server response.
>
> my $q = $whois->update($message)
> print $q->content
>
> If UPDATE_TEXT is undefined, undef is returned. Any
> failure will carp and return undef.
>
> If no _c_h_a_n_g_e_d field can be found to determine a login and
> domain the method will carp and return undef.
>
> If
>mmmmaaaaxxxx____rrrreeeeaaaadddd____ssssiiiizzzzeeee
> is greater than zero then the server
> response will be abandoned when greater than max_read_size
> bytes have been read.
>
>
>
> 2000-07-05 perl v5.6.0 2
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>
>
> +o
>mmmmaaaaxxxx____rrrreeeeaaaadddd____ssssiiiizzzzeeee(((([[[[IIIINNNNTTTTEEEEGGGGEEEERRRR]]]]))))
> Sets/reads the maximum number of bytes that
> _N_e_t_:_:_W_h_o_i_s_:_:_R_I_P_E will read before
>returning. This
> is to limit huge responses from the server
> overloading scripts.
>
> a _m_a_x___r_e_a_d___s_i_z_e of zero indicates nnnnoooo
>limit.
>
> +o ffffllllaaaagggg
>ooooppppttttiiiioooonnnnssss
> The following flags may be set by calling the
> method. Their meaning is identical to the ripe
> whois client. These flags require no arguments,
> they simply set the flag on.
>
> Method Equivalent whois flag
>
> search_all -a
> fast_raw -F
> find_less -L
> find_more -m
> find_all_more -M
> no_recursive -r
> no_referral -R
> no_sugar -S
>
>
> +o ffffllllaaaagggg
>ooooppppttttiiiioooonnnnssss
>ttttaaaakkkkiiiinnnngggg vvvvaaaalllluuuueeeessss
> The following flags may be set by calling the
> method with a value. There meaning is identical to
> the ripe whois client.
>
> Method Equivalent whois flag
>
> inverse_lookup(ATTRIBUTE) -i ATTRIBUTE
> port(PORT) -p PORT
> source(SOURCE) -s SOURCE
> type(TYPE) -T TYPE
>
>
> AAAAUUUUTTTTHHHHOOOORRRR
> Paul Gampe, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Bruce Campbell, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Kevin Baker, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> SSSSEEEEEEEE AAAALLLLSSSSOOOO
> _p_e_r_l(1). Net::Whois::RIPE::Query
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 2000-07-05 perl v5.6.0 3
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