[comp.protocols.tcp-ip] whoisd

schoff@PSI.COM ("Martin Lee Schoffstall") (12/01/90)

Johathan,

While you do not yet appear to be on the Internet, you may want to
take a look at the WhitePages service that is available using X.500,
it is a much larger protocol/implementation means to use, but it's
utility is much greater.  Send email to wp-info@psi.com and it will
point you to technical reports, software, instructions, etc..

Marty
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 Hi,

    I'm trying to get a campus wide whois server going on our Sun 4.  I'd
 like to avoid re-inventing the wheel, but the only whoisd program I found
 out in anonymous FTPland was the one written at the University of Virginia.
 While it seems to work rather well for them, it's thoroughly undocumented,
 and is geared for supporting 60K+ users, while we have only about 3K users
 here.

 If anyone can point me in the right direction I will be most grateful...

 Jonathan Kruger
 Computing Services
 Gettysburg College