Dec. 18, 2009
8:08 p.m.
On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 1:44 PM, John R. Levine <johnl@iecc.com> wrote:
Actually, you used the WHOIS for what it was not designed for originally , ie identify a domain name holder to report technical issues with his/her domain name/DNS server, etc.
Hmmn. Could you point to the documentation of this most implausible claim, preferably back in the early 1990s when it first was an issue?
About the original use/intent of WHOIS: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc812 Regards Jorge