README for Net::Whois Version 1.002. # $Id: README,v 1.3 1999/08/13 22:13:05 dhudes Exp $ This is a Perl 5 module that retrieves and parses information from the 'whois' databases. Currently, only domains .com, .edu, .net are supported. Forthcoming versions will support .mil, .gov, .arpa, and eventually other top-level domains. Additional classes to get POC/Handle, Host, and all the other things stored in the ARIN and 'InterNIC' whois databases and eventually the RIPE and others as well. If you are behind a firewall, you may not be able to use this module. See the documentation in Whois.pm for instructions on how to use it. (perldoc Net::Whois also works, as does tkpod Net::Whois). Note that the Locale::Country module (part of the Locale-Codes distribution) is used to recognize spelled-out country names; if that module is not present, only two-letter country abbreviations will be recognized. This module was originally written by Chip Salzenberg (chip@pobox.com) As of August, 1999, Dana Hudes (dhudes@hudes.org) and Chip Salzenberg are both maintaining. Changes between v0.23 and v1.02 are exclusively the work of Dana Hudes. Thanks to Chip for writing the original version of this module.