Welcome. The current version of Net::Whois is undergoing
some fixes and improvements. At this time, however, only domain
records conforming to the format of Network Solutions Inc. will
parse properly. Others may work partially. Due to the massive
balkanization of the registry system and lack of a standard, it
is an overwhelming task for a part-time volunteer to deal with
every registry for .com/.net/.org . Rather, it is of interest
to add support for the ccTLD. Starting with .uk and if that
syntax is matched by other ccTLD well and good.
The next release coming up will be a bug fix only -- to
assure 63 character domain names work, support people like
demon.net with funky country names that are not ISO conformant
(ENGLAND vs. UK), and hopefully to support breaking up address
information into the fields needed for a doman transfer/update
template. If you want support for eNom et al, two
possibilities: fund it, or get them to fix their syntax.
Update
A new modularized version has been written in conjunction with
an undergraduate research student of mine. There is only
support for Network Solutions but a framework has been built to
allow others to add other registries and hopefully to allow
other types of lookups (specifically IP address). Unfortunately
I'm busy with other projects and haven't had time to package it
up: documentation needs significant work; there are no tests
and no Makefile.PL or other trappings of a proper release.
If you would like to see this move forward, send a donation of
any amount. Paypal is recommended but anything works (E-gold,
checks in the mail, etc.). If you use Net::Whois in your firm
consider supporting development.
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