Re: RFC 2142 (was Re: Suggestion: Add contact entry to whois)

[Dan Hollis <goemon () sasami anime net>]

On Fri, 26 Feb 1999, J.D. Falk wrote:
> On 02/26/99, Owen DeLong <owen () dixon DeLong SJ CA US> wrote: 
> > OK, perhaps, then, we should consider two contacts:
>       Unfortunately, "we" is not the same body of people that can
>       actually make the changes to WHOIS.
>       Luckily, "we" don't have to -- we could just follow RFC 2142.
>       http://www.geektools.com/rfc/rfc2142.txt

rfc2142 only deals with email addresses, what if the host is conducting a
denial of service attack and you need to call someone. email addresses are
rather less useful then. a quick whois and ring up is usually more
effective in getting an attack shut down.

-Dan