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Re: DNS Whois Requirements


From: Eric Brunner-Williams <brunner () nic-naa net>
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 16:34:23 -0700

On Jul 27, 2013, at 12:59 PM, Frank Bulk <frnkblk () iname com> wrote:

For the folks who aren't aware, there is working being done on a proposal
for a complete do-over of WHOIS:
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130703_rebooting_whois/
I don't believe this work address the regional registry information, which
is what initiated the discussion, but this conversation has crossed over
into the domain names, too.

Excellent pointer Frank...  This effort at ICANN is specifically with 
respect to requirements for DNS Whois, but it is possible that some of 
these requirements are in common with those of the number resource Whois 
directory service, and the Internet address community may be encouraged
at some point to give a similar level of consideration to the long-term 
number resource Whois requirements, including the DNS result as one of 
many inputs to that process.

Er ... Um ... Well ... there is weirds, and you're free to browse the
list archives which are in the usual location:

https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/weirds

Then there is the somewhat ... incompletely specified ... project that
may, or may not be lead by Chris Gift, which may, or may not, lead to
actual bits being replicated across the contracted domain registries.

Eric


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