Root zone files access

**sacx13** · 03-25-2006, 02:11 PM

Hi,

I just started a small app for domain tracking (something like deleted domains but with notify option and link popularity rank). I just want to know if it is a chance to get root tld zone without any fax on Verisign or others.

(I collected until now aprox 2.800.000 domains, crawling , dictionary words, reverse dns ... and all .biz from neulevel)

Best Regards
http://www.mydomaintracker.net

**madcamel** · 03-26-2006, 08:09 AM

You can get it from exody.com but it's not free.
If you want to track these daily (on .com names) you will need a lot of resource since the file is a few Gigs, which you will need to download and compare with another few Gigs file.

Good luck

**katherine** · 03-26-2006, 08:52 AM

Originally Posted by sacx13

Hi,

I just started a small app for domain tracking (something like deleted domains but with notify option and link popularity rank). I just want to know if it is a chance to get root tld zone without any fax on Verisign or others.

(I collected until now aprox 2.800.000 domains, crawling , dictionary words, reverse dns ... and all .biz from neulevel)

Best Regards
http://www.mydomaintracker.net

Why don't you ask Verisign ?
At the moment Verisign does not charge for zone file access but the zone files are now a few gigabytes so you need the bandwidth (it's not free) and then the computing power.
IMO it would best to get straight to the source, the lists that are available here and there are often incomplete.

**sacx13** · 03-27-2006, 10:42 AM

I already applied at verisgin ... but i'm waiting for 1 week already.

Best Regards
Adrian

**Luc** · 03-27-2006, 11:41 AM

It can take anywhere from 1 week to several months. They sent me my reply via post mail so it took about 2 months for me. This was about 4 years ago though, maybe now they are faster.