[tech-whois] A follow up session in San Francisco?

[Francisco Obispo]

Hi Jay,

I don't disagree that it is not well used, I'm only saying that it is not critical like DNS, IPv4, etc.

A lot of registries don't have a WHOIS service, and some do, and don't even use the WHOIS protocol.

Having a new protocol, does not mean that a registry will have to switch from one to the other.. both protocols can be an interface to the WHOIS service.

Francisco



On Mar 7, 2011, at 11:30 AM, Jay Daley wrote:

> I disagree entirely.  WHOIS is one of the most used and well embedded protocols around. Changing it in an incompatible way will be a major event.

Francisco Obispo 
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