> >> Better would be something akin to Nominet's DAC protocol: > >> > >> http://registrars.nominet.uk/namespace/uk/registration-and-domain- > management/query-tools/dac/instructions > >
For what it's worth, we (.at) use the "finger" protocol (RFC1288) for a domain availability check: $ finger nosuchdomain...@finger.nic.at nosuchdomain.at NO domain data found (1) $ finger nic...@finger.nic.at nic.at IS NOT available (1) Many registrars use it for bulk / near-real-time queries. We don't do a full syntax/policy check, which is the reason for the carefully worded "NO domain data found" response. We haver never investigated a UDP based protocol for carrying that information, though COAP comes to my mind as an interesting candidate :) best, Ales _______________________________________________ regext mailing list regext@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/regext
