Oct. 9, 2012
4:31 p.m.
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/result.html?query_txt=dnssec&sort=relevance... http://www.freepatentsonline.com/result.html?query_txt=domain+name+system&so...
Yes, even *validating WHOIS information* is patented.
Those are patent applications, not patents. There is a large and important difference. The software patent situation is a mess, but confusing the issue isn't helpful. Regards, John Levine, johnl@iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies", Please consider the environment before reading this e-mail. http://jl.ly