RE: [wg-c] distributing gTLD whois

["Roeland M. J. Meyer" <rmeyer@mhsc.com>]

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-wg-c@dnso.org [mailto:owner-wg-c@dnso.org]On 
> Behalf Of Rick
> H Wesson
> Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2000 8:41 AM
> To: wg-c@dnso.org
> Subject: [wg-c] distributing gTLD whois
> 
> 
> 
> all:
> 
> when new registries come on line it will be difficult to traverse the
> whois tree with current whois clients. there are several ways to solve
> the problem I would like to hear which proposal might work best.
> 
>   a) allocate the TLD in TLD.whois.int maping to the registry's
>      whois service.
> 
>   b) require the current manager of rs.internic.net to merge all
>      whois queries into the current whois service providing referals
>      to the actual authorative service.
> 
> option A is more scaleable and preferable for distributed data but is
> the current whois client wouldn't initially support it. this 
> option would
> also require a limited amount of oversight by IANA.
> 
> option B would work with current clients but the current manager of
> rs.internic.net would is not likely to support it. Overhead would be
> significant.
> 
> There is certanly the option of doing nothing and letting the 
> community
> figure it out. I would like to hear other options of dealing with the
> whois issues surrounding new registries and distribuiting 
> whois discovery.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> 
> -rick
>