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Re: NSI Bulletin 098-010 | Update on Whois
From: Dean Robb <pceasy () norfolk infi net>
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 14:33:17 -0400
At 17:29 9/9/98 -0400, you wrote:
In article <Pine.BSD/.3.91.980909153738.7931A () crispy iconn net> you write:According to David Holtzman of NSI (i asked him), the restrictions on whois are merely for technical reasons. I believe that he believes this, and from his point of view they have every right to filter/limit obnoxious or badly configured hosts/sites.I have a call to arms. If we could get orginizations to mirror the whois data, and provide full, public access to it (via the current whois database) we could remove some of the dependency on NSI. After all, they don't run the only root, lots of other people run them as well...why should they run the only whois server?
Isn't/wasn't this supposed to be rWhoIs? A cynical mind might note that the contractually-mandated development of rWhoIs hasn't really happened. An even more cynical mind might note that the proper development and implementation of rWhoIs would dilute the control NSI has over the WhoIs database...along with it's financial prospects. Wabbit season!..duck season!..wabbit season!..duck season!..SPAMMER SEASON! Dean Robb PC-EASY computer services (757) 495-EASY [3279]
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- Re: NSI Bulletin 098-010 | Update on Whois, (continued)
- Re: NSI Bulletin 098-010 | Update on Whois Karl Denninger (Sep 03)
- Re: NSI Bulletin 098-010 | Update on Whois Steven J. Sobol (Sep 03)
- Re: NSI Bulletin 098-010 | Update on Whois Dean Anderson (Sep 03)
- Re: NSI Bulletin 098-010 | Update on Whois Sean Donelan (Sep 03)
- Re: NSI Bulletin 098-010 | Update on Whois Eric Germann (Sep 03)
- Re: NSI Bulletin 098-010 | Update on Whois Steven J. Sobol (Sep 03)
- Re: NSI Bulletin 098-010 | Update on Whois Dean Robb (Sep 04)
- Re: NSI Bulletin 098-010 | Update on Whois Steven J. Sobol (Sep 08)
- Re: NSI Bulletin 098-010 | Update on Whois Bill Becker (Sep 09)
- Re: NSI Bulletin 098-010 | Update on Whois Leo Bicknell (Sep 09)
- Re: NSI Bulletin 098-010 | Update on Whois Dean Robb (Sep 10)
- Re: NSI Bulletin 098-010 | Update on Whois Mark Borchers (Sep 10)
- Re: NSI Bulletin 098-010 | Update on Whois Leo Bicknell (Sep 09)
- Re: NSI Bulletin 098-010 | Update on Whois Leo Bicknell (Sep 09)
- Re: NSI Bulletin 098-010 | Update on Whois Chris Cappuccio (Sep 10)
- Re: NSI Bulletin 098-010 | Update on Whois Leo Bicknell (Sep 10)
- Re: NSI Bulletin 098-010 | Update on Whois Leo Bicknell (Sep 10)