[gnso-rds-pdp-wg] We should not build atop whois (was Re: Domain Name Certification )

[Andrew Sullivan]

On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 10:49:14AM +1100, Holly Raiche wrote:

> To what extent should we stop using references to Whois, and start talking specifically about the RADP protocols that have been designed for the 21st century internet, and to what extent if any do they address the problems with registration data bases that you have identified - 
> 

Well, I think that the SSAC answered this some time ago, by inventing
the notion of the RDDS.  By extension we somehow got the RDS, which is
what this WG is supposed to be talking about.  But we won't be helped
in that effort if we keep mentally substituting "whois" for either
RDDS or RDS.

Best regards,

A

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