[At-Large] whois, weirds, and slaves
Jaap Akkerhuis
jaap at NLnetLabs.nl
Sun Jan 20 14:16:42 UTC 2013
Isn't WHOIS a "standard protocol" itself?
>From SAC051 [1]:
The term "WHOIS" is overloaded, referring to protocols,
services, and data types associated with Internet naming
and numbering resources, i.e., domain names, Internet
Protocol (IP) addresses, and Autonomous System Numbers
(ASNs). The ambiguity in terminology further burdens an
already challenging set of discussions intended to resolve
conflicts related to the evolution of meta-data for Internet
naming and numbering.
I advise anybody interested in the whois dicussion to read the whole
report and also SAC055 [2].
jaap
[1] SSAC Report on WHOIS Terminology and Structure (19 September 2011)
<http://www.icann.org/en/groups/ssac/documents/sac-051-en.pdf>
[2] SSAC Comment on the WHOIS Review Team Final Report (14 September 2012)
<http://www.icann.org/en/groups/ssac/documents/sac-055-en.pdf>
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