On Sat, 4 Dec 1999 Havard.Eidnes@runit.sintef.no wrote:

: > > The never-sufficiently-damned Network Solutions has whacked around
: > > the WHOIS service, again. New target: whois.networksolutions.com
: >
: > Is this a good idea?
: >
: > 	(1) networksolutions.com isn't the only registrar out there
: >             anymore.
: 
: I think this is from the registry side of their operation, so it
: would seem to make sense.

The correct fix is for us to implement RWHOIS once and for all, and be done
with the age-old fixed-host protocol (except when someone Really Wanted It
by specifying `-h').  ;)

He's right, though:  Network Solutions is now not the only registrar that
can create _and maintain_ a domain in .COM, .NET, .ORG, etc.

-- 
-- Todd Vierling (tv@pobox.com)