Re: [squid-users] WHOIS queries over squid

Yes, but when a do a request like that to squid, I get an error
stating "invalid request". I am curious about the header information
to be feed to the proxy. With an HTTP request I specify something
like this (to get the authentication down):

GET (request_url) HTTP/1.0\r\nHost: (proxy_name)\r\n
Proxy-Authorization: Basic (proxy_user:proxy_pass)\r\n\r\n

Would a whois query be just:

request_url HTTP/1.0\r\nHost: (proxy_name)\r\n
Proxy-Authorization: Basic (proxy_user:proxy_pass)\r\n\r\n?

This, of course gives an error since there is no request type.

On 5/24/06, David Landgren <david@landgren.net> wrote:
> Duncan McQueen wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am trying to do direct whois queries over squid. I can do such
> > queries as HTTP requests, but was curious as to whether it is possible
> > to do th requests directly (to port 43)? If so, what would be the
> > commands to the server. For example, the http request is "GET
> > whois.pl HTTP/1.1 etc", how would he similar command look for a whois
> > query?
>
> See RFC 954. WHOIS is a ancient protocol, much easier to understand
> than, say, HTTP. A command just looks like
>
> <whois-name><cr><lf>
>
> then read, read, read till your done.
>
> That's it. Although this RFC is now obsolete (in 2003 IIRC) it's enough
> to get an understanding.
>
> David
> --
> "It's overkill of course, but you can never have too much overkill."
>
>
Received on Wed May 24 2006 - 09:51:12 MDT