On Friday 26 May 2006 15:53, List Mail User took the opportunity to write: > > Kai, > > There doesn't seem to be any language barrier, so either you refuse > to read and follow the RFC trail yourself, or you require "spoon-feeding". > > What about RFC1032, page 5 > " > VERIFICATION OF DATA > > The verification process can be accomplished in several ways. One of > these is through the NIC WHOIS server. If he has access to WHOIS, > the DA can type the commmand "whois domain <domain name><return>". > The reply from WHOIS will supply the following: the name and address > of the organization "owning" the domain; the name of the domain; its > administrative, technical, and zone contacts; the host names and > network addresses of sites providing name service for the domain.
Judging from the title, RFC 1032 is a guide, not a normative reference.
AFAICT, the section above describes how to use a specific WHOIS server, or
rather *the* WHOIS server, which existed at the Network Information Center
(NIC) of Defense Data Network (DDN) at the time.
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