Re: [registrars] NSI Whois Filtering...

["Paul M. Kane" <Paul.Kane@REACTO.com>]

Wearing another hat (Uwhois.com) , we have already started to experience
problems.last Wednesday ... with Uwhois.com loads of between 1.6m and 1.8m
queries per day across gTLDs and ccTLDs we were surprised at such a small number
to NSI....
Verisign were quick to resume service by lifting the threshold per server as we
have a range of mechanisms in place to stop abusive use..... and are used by a
number of registrars to reduce the load on their servers....

Frustrating but sorted quickly

Best

Paul
>
> Subject: Excessive use of NSI Registrar Whois
> Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 13:32:22 -0400
> From: "Aken, Scott"
> To: "'admin@uwhois.com'" <admin@uwhois.com>
>
> Dear Admin,
>
> Hello.  The NSI Registrar is now taking a proactive approach to stop
the
> incessant mining of the NSI Registrar Whois database.  I have noticed
that
> Uwhois did over 83,000 queries to our Whois service yesterday alone.
I
> would like to understand exactly what you are querying our systems
for, how
> the data is being used, and to get an idea of what precautions you
are
> taking to stop miners from coming through your site to get to us.
>
> If you could get me these answers in the next day or so, it will
prevent us
> from blocking your IP from being able to access the systems.  Thanks
for
> your time.
>
> Regards,
>
> Scott Aken
> VeriSign, Inc.


"Ross Wm. Rader" wrote:

> This was passed on to me today. If you start experiencing technical problems
> connecting to NSI's whois system, this new "security" process might be the
> culprit.
>
> > Dear Partners:
> >
> > Please be advised that NSI is taking steps against Whois filtering
> > that has been deemed abusive and detrimental to our systems. So, in
> > order to prevent your organization from accidentally being blocked,
> > please send me a list of the IP addresses that your organization
> > uses to query our WHOIS.  Please make sure that the addresses you
> > provide are the actual IP Addresses that travel over the Internet to
> > our system, not IP Addresses that are internal to your network. A
> > range of IP addresses is also acceptable.
> >
> > Please submit these to me by COB July 30th, 2001.
> >
> > If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to
> > ask.
> >
> > Thank you for your cooperation in this matter,
>
> -rwr