Re: Is this just a rumor?

["J.D. Falk" <jdfalk () priori net>]

On Aug 26, Lincoln Silver <lsilver () flycast com> wrote: 

> I heard a rumor that the InterNic is no longer going to make contact
> information public. Is this true? If I do a "whois," will I no longer
> get contact info? Can someone shed light on this rumor? 

        I didn't hear anything like that from the various NSI
        folks at ISPCON; doesn't mean it isn't true, but I'd
        say it's unlikely.

        More likely, this is a misunderstanding of what they
        /did/ do, which is stop making the zone files for .COM,
        .NET, and .ORG anonymously FTP'able.

        If you can prove you've got a good reason to FTP 'em,
        they'll give you a login and password; I know of a few
        people who've done it already.

        For more rumours of this type, check out the inet-access
        mailing list, <inet-access-request () earth com>.

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