WinWhois — Apps

~terry Wed, Jul 24, 1996 (11:35) seed

Conference Categories | Apps Conference | FTP / Archie / Finger Topics njknish@mit.edu ftp://papa.indstate.edu/winsock-l/Windows95/Whois/whois32.zip WinWhois -- WinWhois is another example of the no-frills, no additional features, just do the job asked for application, like Finger. Again, the layout is plain and simple -- just enter any name and WinWhois returns all the information available. One useful option is the ability to quickly call a list of Whois servers. As in the case of the two previous Finger clients, you can obtain the same information from many Web sites without having to download this app. Of course, WinWhois packs into a tight 24 Kb, so it definitely makes for a quick download. Positives: Plain and simple; does exactly what it's supposed to do, small footprint Negatives: Many Web sites will do the same thing without occupying drive space

~sprin5 Thu, May 18, 2000 (22:18) #1

Ever use whois?

~MarciaH Thu, May 25, 2000 (14:42) #2

I kept thinking this said WinWhosis... No, Never even heard of it before.

~MarciaH Thu, May 25, 2000 (14:46) #3

Sounds like a primitive search engine... Google is THE search engine currently. Northernlight.com is not bad either and finds obscure articles, gives you a bit to read then the option of purchasing the entirety for a small sum. Guess I should be posting this in another topic...

~sprin5 Thu, May 25, 2000 (18:20) #4

No whois is a basic unix utility and this is still userful. whois shows you if a domain name is registered.

~MarciaH Thu, May 25, 2000 (18:55) #5

ah... See! I did not know! I started learning all of that and still am willing to if Hiatus ever turns loose the Windows programmer...