[25812] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Port 43 Whois Announcement
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Deepak Jain)
Tue Nov 16 16:05:02 1999
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 16:02:36 -0500 (EST)
From: Deepak Jain <deepak@ai.net>
To: whois@nsiregistry.net
Cc: "'nanog@merit.edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>
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Maybe its me, but when I check whois.nsiregistry.net, it tells me to
check rs.internic.net for contact information. ??
Deepak Jain
AiNET
On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, Newell, Tom wrote:
>
> An FYI of an operational nature.......
>
> --Tom
> Director of gTLD Programs
> NSI Registry
>
> ##########################################
>
> Redirecting Port 43 Whois
>
> The following change is being made to comply with the recently
> negotiated and signed agreements between the U.S. Department of
> Commerce, ICANN, and NSI.
>
> Effective December 1, 1999 Network Solutions will be redirecting
> port 43 (rs.internic.net) Whois from the NSI Registrar Whois to
> the NSI Registry Whois. The NSI Registry Whois can currently be
> found at whois.nsiregistry.net. After this occurs, port 43 Whois
> will show the following information: domain name, registrar, Whois
> server, registrar referral URL and the names of the name servers
> associated with the domain. To obtain registrant and domain name
> contact information, users will need to refer to the Whois service
> provided by the registrar for the domain name.
>
> Send questions or comments to whois@nsiregistry.net.
>
>
