Re: [DNSOP] whois: the protocol that can't be killed even though it must

2010-11-22 Thread Joe Abley
Hi Jim, On 2010-11-21, at 17:56, Jim Reid wrote: > On 21 Nov 2010, at 22:20, Patrik Fältström wrote: > >> Noone is asking strong enough to get correct data from the whois service. >> Instead, ICANN is asking to have the whois protocol available, and on top of >> that money is spent on anonymou

Re: [DNSOP] whois: the protocol that can't be killed even though it must

2010-11-21 Thread Eric Brunner-Williams
I wrote a 954 to historic ID a long time ago. Bob Braden didn't think much of the idea, and the caste system being what it was, and is, that kept 954 alive until Leslie took a swing at it. And of course, it is alive and doing fine, or at least undead and eating brains, today and for the forese

[DNSOP] whois: the protocol that can't be killed even though it must

2010-11-21 Thread Jim Reid
On 21 Nov 2010, at 22:20, Patrik Fältström wrote: Noone is asking strong enough to get correct data from the whois service. Instead, ICANN is asking to have the whois protocol available, and on top of that money is spent on anonymous registration (2nd hand registration) etc. So as long as