Dac

[aspirin]

Im a new nominet member and looking at the DAC service, does it offer a newbie tool for searching multiple domains with? And the IP address its asking for, do you need a server to check, not just your home IP?

 

[grantw]

Nominet don't provide any tools and you'll struggle to find many off the shelf that supports the DAC - DNA pro appears to but I've never used it so can't say how well it works: http://blog.domainpunch.com/tag/dac-nic-uk/

You can use any IP addresses, including your home IP.

Grant

 

[Skinner]

You can set up a home server with wamp or xampp on your own pc, then knock up a script.

Depending on what you need said script to do, it can be fairly simple or cheap to get done.

 

[monaghan]

Only problem with home IP address is that many providers will change IP address frequently to prevent you from having a "free" fixed IP address.

The DAC is simply access to an IP port that will return a subset of the WHOIS data, how you use it is entirely down to you, but there's no fancy search system from Nominet.

 

[aspirin]

Thanks guys!

 

[sdsinc]

If you want to do dropcatching, be aware that a plain residential Internet connection is not the best. You would rather invest in proper hosting for this specific purpose.
Do a search on "DAC hosting" to understand why.