We are looking into the possibility of implementing our own RWhois
server as opposed to continuing to provide information via SWIP.
I am looking for any advice as to what people are currently running for
their whois/rwhois server.
I have seen http://www.rwhois.net and actually have it installed and
running, but it utilized flat files instead of a backend database, and
we have looked at the RIPE whois server as well.
Searching Google does not seem to produce a variety of whois/rwhois
server software.
TIA !
We are looking into the possibility of implementing our own RWhois
server as opposed to continuing to provide information via SWIP. I
am looking for any advice as to what people are currently running
for their whois/rwhois server.
When I started working at CentralNic, I found it was little more than
a Perl script hanging off inetd.
I replaced it with an Apache-style preforked daemon (still written in
Perl) that cached database handles and the like, with the intent that
this was a proof of concept for a C++ version. As is typical, the Perl
worked well enough that it didn't get rewritten 
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Searching Google does not seem to produce a variety of whois/rwhois
server software.
It's not exactly a common requirement...