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BW whois - Whois client with both command line and Web interfaces

BW whois is a whois client that works as a command line tool or as a Web application. It includes configurable with self-detecting CGI support, multiple security options in the CGI mode, a mature TLD table, database caching (using MySQL), and many more options and features.

Obtaining

Web page	http://whois.bw.org/
Source tarball	http://whois.bw.org/dist/whois-current.tgz
Latest version	http://whois.bw.org/dist/whois-current.tgz

Version 3.4 (stable) released on 2003-01-27

Version 4.0-beta-1 (beta) released on 2003-08-01

Licensed under Perl.

This is not a GNU package.

Documentation

User manpage available in Text, Pod, and Man formats from http://whois.bw.org/dist/current/

Support contacts

Help List	http://bw.org/contact/
Developer List	http://bw.org/contact/
Bug List	http://bw.org/contact/

Project contacts

Maintainers	Bill Weinman (http://bw.org/contact/)
Developers	Bill Weinman (http://bw.org/contact/)

Related information

Interfaces	command line, web
Source languages	Perl
Use requirements	Perl 5.6
Weak prerequisites	MySQL and DBI (for cahcing and other database functionality)
Related programs	Whois, jwhois

Entry information

License verified by	Janet Casey <[email protected]> on 2002-07-29
Entry compiled by	Janet Casey <[email protected]>

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