Revision history for Perl module Net::Whois::Raw.
0.01 Jul 05 2000
0.23 Mar 25 2003
0.24 Nov 18 2003 Walery Studennikov
- fixed whois server for .org domains and add new whois servers
for multilingual domains
- fixed recursive whois requests for .org domains
- new fail-check and strip patterns added
- more verbose error messages
- added support for third level domains
- some bugfixes
0.25 Nov 21 2003 Walery Studennikov
- fixed multilingual domains whois via whois.melbourneit.com server
- whois_config function for setting config variables
(if setting imported variables $OMIT_MSG, $CHECK_FAIL etc.
doesn't work for some reason, for example because of
namespace problems in mod_perl scripts)
0.26 Jan 09 2004 Walery Studennikov
- added recursive whois requests for .cc domains
- fixed recursive whois requests for whois.crsnic.net
0.27 Feb 10 2004 Alex Kapranoff
- patch to check availability of .info and .biz domains
0.28 Feb 20 2004 Alex Kapranoff
- fixed documentation for pwhois.PL
0.29 Feb 24 2004 Walery Studennikov
- fixed extra rules which strips the copyright message or disclaimer
- removed pwhois.PL. "pwhois" is shipped now instead.
- data structures in Net/Whois/Raw/Data.pm reformatted
- new strip patterns for whois.crsnic.net
0.30 Mar 15 2004 Walery Studennikov
- added strip rules for whois.dns.be
0.31 Mar 19 2004 Walery Studennikov
- more robust recursive whois queries
0.32 Apr 07 2004 IVAN
- small fix allows the module to work under 5.005
0.33 Apr 21 2004 Walery Studennikov
- new whois server in Data.pm - whois.regtime.net
0.34 May 18 2004 Richard Poole
- new whois server in Data.pm - whois.centralnic.com
0.35 Jun 29 2004 Walery Studennikov
- fix of regexp pattern in check_existance
0.36 Jul 22 2004 Richard Poole
- fix for Raw.pm that ensures that we do not get confused when
looking up a domain which has many entries in the whois database
(for WHOIS.CRSNIC.NET)
0.37 Aug 11 2004 Walery Studennikov
- fixed recursive whois requests for .tv domains
0.38 Sep 23 2004 Walery Studennikov
- fixed recursive whois requests for .ws domains
- strip patterns for whois.directnic.com
- fix strip mechanism in case of recusive whois requests
0.39 Oct 29 2004 Walery Studennikov
- more fixes for Raw.pm that ensures that we do not get confused when
looking up a domain which has many entries in the whois database
(for WHOIS.CRSNIC.NET)
0.40 Dec 09 2004 Walery Studennikov
- add fail pattern for whois.dns.be
0.41 Dec 17 2004 Luis Moreno
- fix caching when using a particular whois server in whois function
0.42 Jan 11 2005 Sun Guonian
- update hostname of CN whois server
0.43 Feb 04 2005 Walery Studennikov
- new options (exported variables): @SRC_IPS, $CHECK_EXCEED
0.90 Mar 03 2005 Walery Studennikov
- total rewrite / restructuring of module
- new exported function: get_whois
0.91 Mar 04 2005 Walery Studennikov
- fixed bug (introduced in v0.90) that caused fault of DNS server whois queries
- new test for DNS servers whois
0.92 Mar 28 2005 Walery Studennikov
- new fail check patterns
0.93 Apr 13 2005 Walery Studennikov
- updated WHOIS server for AU zone
0.94 Apr 26 2005 Marc Jauvin
- TIMEOUT implementation fix
0.95 May 16 2005 Walery Studennikov
- new parameter "-a" (source ip address) in pwhois script
0.96 Jun 28 2005 Walery Studennikov
- ???
0.97 Jul 26 2005 Bernd Ahlers <b.ahlers@ba-net.org>
- update for DENIC whois server
0.98 Sep 19 2005 Bernd Ahlers <b.ahlers@ba-net.org>
- small typo fixes
0.99 Jan 10 2006 Walery Studennikov
- added whois server for .KZ
1.0.0 Jan 11 2006 Walery Studennikov
- new major release: added obtaining WHOIS results via HTTP:
now .IN and .KZ domains are queried via HTTP by default.
To force querying other domain via HTTP you should provide
server name 'www_whois'
1.0.1 Jan 13 2006 Danil Krivopustov <KrivopustovDA@regtime.net>
- fixed obtaining WHOIS of IP addresses (split_domname function)
1.1.0 Jan 16 2006 Walery Studennikov
- improved obtaining WHOIS of IP addresses.
Patterns for recursive WHOIS queries were borrowed
from Net::Whois::IP. Many thanks to Net::Whois::IP author Ben Schmitz
1.1.1 Jan 18 2006 Walery Studennikov
- fix WHOIS-over-HTTP: added missing function koi2win,
1.1.2 Jan 18 2006 Walery Studennikov
- switch .spb.ru and .msk.ru to HTTP
1.02 Feb 04 2006 Walery Studennikov
- change version numbering scheme
- change pynycode names of IDN names
1.03 Mar 21 2006 David Parry
- change whois server name for .CA
1.04 Mar 22 2006 Bram
- added whois.eu server
1.05 Apr 03 2006 Walery Studennikov
- added new options to pwhois script
1.06 Apr 03 2006 Walery Studennikov
- fix manual page for pwhois script
1.07 Apr 12 2006 Martin Lee
- replaced .JP whois server address
1.08 Jul 26 2006 Reto Grossenbacher
- changed WHOIS servers for .CH and .LI domains
1.09 Jul 27 2006 Reto Grossenbacher
- fixed strip patterns for yesterday's changes
1.10 Jul 30 2006 K. J. Cheetham
- addons to %Net::Whois::Raw::Data::exceed hash
1.11 Aug 10 2006
1.12 Aug 16 2006 Roman Filippov
- changed whois server for .gs
1.13 Aug 20 2006 Doug Barton
- Addons + restyling of Net::Whois::Raw::Data
1.14 Aug 24 2006 Doug Barton
- Addons to Net::Whois::Raw::Data
1.20 Nov 18 2006 Walery Studennikov
- !INTERFACE CHANGE: CACHE_TIME now specifies time in minutes,
not in hours. Hours are too rough for some applications. Sorry :(
- Bumped version number for the above reason
1.21 Apr 13 2007 Danil Krivopustov
- fixes for Net::Whois::Raw::Data
1.22 May 16 2007 Walery Studennikov
- Removed legacy RACE encoding support
- Default cache time set to 60 minutes
- Fixed timeout behaviour. Now timeouts are more robust
(Ticket http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=27097)
- Small refactoring
1.23 May 22 2007
1.24 Aug 15 2007 Walery Studennikov
- More descriptive error message when can't create socket
1.30 Sep 06 2007 Walery Studennikov
- Carp::confess instead of die when can't connect
- Don't use Exporter anymore; revised export list (can cause some incompatibilities, so version number bumped)
1.31 Sep 06 2007 Walery Studennikov
- fexes in pwhois caused by today's module changes
1.32 Sep 07 2007 Walery Srudennikov
- added support for WHOIS requests for any object (not only for domain),
for example, WHOIS requests for registrars now supported
1.33 Oct 10 2007 Walery Srudennikov
- added whois servers for many CentralNIC TLDs in New::Whois::Raw::Data
1.35 Nov 06 2007 Walery Studennikov
- strip copyright notices for .mobi domains
1.36 Nov 15 2007 Walery Studennikov
- update documentation (setup variables description)
- change "use vars" to "our" in Net::Whois::Raw::Data
- start to build postprocessing framework (added %Net::Whois::Raw::Data::postprocess)
1.37 Nov 20 2007 Walery Studennikov
- added strip patterns for whois.godaddy.com, whois.paycenter.com.cn, whois.enom.com
1.38 Nov 21 2007 Walery Studennikov
- added strip patterns for whois.dotster.com
1.39 Nov 22 2007 Walery Studennikov
- added strip patterns for whois.nordnet.net
1.40 Feb 04 2008 Sergey Kotenko
- fixed parsing of excessive querying for whois.ripn.net
1.41 Feb 08 2008 Sergey Kotenko
- added %Net::Whois::Raw::POSTPROCESS
1.42 Feb 25 2008 Sergey Kotenko
- added whois server (http) for .VN
1.43 Feb 29 2008 Sergey Kotenko
- common code moved to Net::Whois::Raw::Common. Can be used by other modules.
1.50 Mar 11 2008 Sergey Kotenko
- version bounce due to a large refactoring
- some more code moved to Net::Whois::Raw::Common
- new caching mechanism
- tests writen for Net::Whois::Raw::Common
- tests writen for checking the correctness of whois-servers
1.51 Mar 12 2008 Sergey Kotenko
- test 02-internet.t fixed to work correctly on MS Windows.
1.52 Mar 26 2008 Walery Studennikov
- .asia support added
1.53 Mar 31 2008 Sergey Kotenko
- fixed warnings on cache writing
1.54 Jun 28 2008 Matsui Shinsuke
- .ac support added
1.56 Jul 31 2008 Pavel Odintsov
- .vn support fixed
- HTTP POST requests fixed
1.57 Aug 11 2008 Walery Studennikov
- Removed annoying warning from Net/Whois/Raw.pm
1.58 Nov 07 2008 Walery Studennikov
- Added .BZ support (www_whois)
1.59 Nov 14 2008 ivan baktsheev
- now client can offer his own dns resolver and smart local socket selection
- added option to change default socket
- added "banned" message from internic
1.60 Nov 14 2008 Walery Studennikov
- pwhois script rewritten (use Getopt::Long)
- small bugfixes + code layout foxes
1.61 Jan 27 2009 Vadim Likhota, Walery Studennikov
- add whois.nic.name for .NS query for .name domains in addition for whois.nsiregistry.net
- add Test::More to module requirements
- add colourable user agent to satisfy http://nic.ac/
1.62 Feb 04 2009 Walery Studennikov
- fixed getting whois info via HTTP from nic.ac
1.63 Feb 09 2009 Walery Studennikov
- turn off test for www_whois_query for 'nic.ac'. It fails too often
1.64 Feb 25 2009 Vadim Likhota, Walery Studennikov
- add www.nic.tj whois via www_whois_query (now whois.nic.tj not work)
1.65 Mar 25 2009 Walery Studennikov
- add whois server for .TEL domains
- SPB.RU and MSK.RU zones are removed from www_whois
1.66 Mar 26 2009 Walery Studennikov
- fixed tests
1.67 Mar 30 2009 Alexey Sharipov
- fixed caching issues
2.00 Mar 31 2009 Walery Studennikov, Vadim Likhota
- core now uses unicode (MAJOR CHANGE!!!!)
- all the data in Net::Whois::Raw::Data are counterchecked
- duplicating 'strip_whois' and 'check_existance' functions are deleated from Net::Whois::Raw::Common,
now only the data from Net::Whois::Raw::Data are used instead of them
- now flags OMIT_MSG and CHECK_FAIL supports only true and false values.
Support for OMIT_MSG == 2 and CHECK_FAIL == 2 was dropped.
- fixes for .CN and .VN domains
2.01 May 14 2009 Walery Studennikov
- support exceed pattern for .ws
2.02 Aug 28 2009
2.03 Sep 10 2009 Andrey Kuzmin
- add five zones: COM.UA ORG.UA KIEV.UA BIZ.UA NOV.RU
2.04 Sep 16 2009 Walery Studennikov
- Support for list of whois servers which has no idn support
2.05 Sep 21 2009 Ilya Chesnokov, Vadim Likhota
- fix for .MN zone
- fixes for COM.UA ORG.UA KIEV.UA BIZ.UA zones
- add zone PP.UA
2.06 Oct 22 2009 Ilya Chesnokov
- added internal answer postprocessing
2.07 Nov 24 2009 Walery Studennikov
- support for cyrillic .RF domain
- fixes for multilingual TLDs
2.08 Nov 24 2009 David T Dzhanaev
- multiple ccTLD zones added
- fixed case-sensitive search for an appropriate whois
2.09 Nov 26 2009 David T Dzhanaev
- support geographic domains for .RU and .SU zones
2.10 Nov 30 2009 David T Dzhanaev
- fixed -A param in pwhois
(Ticket https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=52144)
2.11 Dec 1 2009 David T Dzhanaev
- fixed 02-internet.t tests broken when no connection
(Ticket https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=41712)
- fixed Cache broken in taint mode
(Ticket https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=47216)
2.12 Dec 8 2009 Walery Studennikov
- now we require perl 5.8.1 and Encode
2.13 Jan 17 2010 Andrey Suslov
- fixed 'v-string' portability warning
(Ticket https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=53084)
2.14 Feb 1 2010 Andrey Suslov
- search DNS-servers in .org, .biz, .name zones through
a whois-server of appropriate zone
2.15 Feb 1 2010 Andrey Suslov
- added more tests to MANIFEST
2.16 Feb 24 2010 Alexander Ponomarev
- fixed 'www whois' test
2.17 Feb 24 2010 Roman V. Nikolaev
- external hooks support: whois_query_sockparams, whois_query_socket, whois_query_ua
2.18 Mar 25 2010 Walery Studennikov
- Coro tests are turned off by default
2.19 Mar 26 2010 Walery Studennikov
- Exceed patterns updated for whois.eu
- Fixed whois_config (CHECK_EXCEED support)
2.20 Apr 01 2010 Walery Studennikov
- $Net::Whois::Raw::USE_CNAMES option removed (who needs it??)
- Crutch for rechecking RELCOM-domains through WWW
- added 'not found' string for .kg domains
2.21 Apr 20 2010 Ilya Chesnokov
- Added whois servers for zones: .MD, .GD, .HT, .IM, .KI, .LC, .TRAVEL, .FM, .CO
- Fixed whois servers for zones: .LA, .SB, .VN
- Fixed %strip hash for .CX, .MU, .NL, .TL
- Added .CM zone
2.22 Apr 26 2010 Walery Studennikov
- Fixed $CACHE_TIME parameter documentation
- Fixed .CM zone processing
- Added real whois server for .KG zone
2.23 Aug 25 2010 Walery Studennikov
- Fixed problem with tests for .TJ domains
2.24 Sep 01 2010 Ilya Chesnokov
- For .BZ domains whois server changed from www_whois to whois.belizenic.bz
2.25 Sep 02 2010 Ilya Chesnokov
- And then again to www_whois (but to another URL)
2.26 Oct 06 2010 Timur Nozadze
- Fixed problem with passing server parameter from command line in pwhois
- Fixed problem with encoding detection in pwhois on Windows
- Added convertation to punycode in pwhois
2.27 Nov 11 2010 Timur Nozadze
- Added domain name validation in pwhois
- Updated some 'not found' string
2.28 Jan 24 2011 Walery Studennikov
- whois.relcom.ru is no more. Using whois.nic.ru instead.
- Removed crutches for whois.relcom.ru / www_whois
2.29 Jan 31 2011 Walery Studennikov
- Further migration from whois.relcom.ru to whois.nic.ru
2.30 Feb 09 2011 Walery Studennikov
- confess -> die :: no need to die such verbosely
2.31 Feb 28 2011 Ilya Chesnokov
- Added whois server for .SO zone
2.32 May 19 2011 Timur Nozadze
- Deleted whitespaces removing from the whois result
2.33 Jun 10 2011 Walery Studennikov
- fixed tests