Extract domain and IP address info from Whois

[Hexillion]

Hexillion has released a beta version of a new Whois class library that makes it easy to extract Whois information about domains and IP addresses. It automatically finds the correct server, performs a query, and parses the results into a consistent data structure.

Applications
- Tracking domain registrations
- Checking domain name availability
- Advanced Whois web pages
- Detecting (credit card) fraud
- Investigating spam, fraud, intrusions, and other online misbehavior
- Researching Internet infrastructure and usage
- Locating users geographically

More information and an online demo here:
http://www.hexillion.com/whois/

 

[RajanUrs]

when i do a whois search on your website my opera crashes

 

[Hexillion]

Originally posted by RajanUrs
when i do a whois search on your website my opera crashes

Hmmm... What version of Opera are you using?

The demo script returns XML, not HTML. Internet Explorer parses it and displays it nicely. I have a copy of Opera 5 handy, however, and it displays an error saying that the XML isn't well-formed (despite the fact that it is).

I'll investigate further and see if I can track down the problem.

Gavin

 

[RajanUrs]

Version 7.10

It displays the whois result in a string of text...and then it crashes

 

[DJZ]

Works ok for me in Opera 7, but Opera doesn't display XML nearly as nice as IE.

 

[Hexillion]

Originally posted by RajanUrs
Version 7.10

It displays the whois result in a string of text...and then it crashes

I've downloaded Opera 7.11, and I've seen the crash (though it doesn't happen every time). This is a bug in Opera. Perhaps it's choking on the UTF-8 byte order mark.

In any case, this brings up the fact that non-IE browsers don't handle raw XML very well in general. Thus, we've modified the demo to return the XML as syntax-highlighted HTML for non-IE browsers. That way everyone can have a pleasant view.

If you want, you can still get the raw XML by adding "&RawXML=1" to the URL.

Thanks for the feedback!