Excellent, Thanks Ross.
Swerve > From: "Ross Wm. Rader" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Organization: Tucows Inc. > Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 14:56:15 -0400 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: Geektools whois proxy - OpenSRS Whois Results > > I just wanted to jump in with some further explanation from our end. > > First, our communications around the changes were wayyy less than > desirable. It basically came down to a call as to whether or not we > could wait until the next release cycle to get these changes in or not. > We didn't feel that we could wait that long for a number of reasons and > decided to get it in at the last minute of the previous release cycle. > The biggest casualty to this was our communications with all of you. > This implementation could have been handled much better and will be in > the future. This is not indicative of any change in the weather, but > rather indicative of the time pressures that we sometimes face with our > release schedule. > > The time pressure really stems from a larger strategy that we are > working. Whois is essentially broken. It doesn't give registrants the > privacy they need, doesn't give the "querier" any reasonable degree of > certainty as to the accuracy of the data, doesn't distribute well and > lends itself to abuse by those with less than honorable intentions. > > We can't afford (we meaning you, us and the registrants) to continue to > passively condone the state of the art. As a result, we are actively > working towards attempting to solve a lot of these problems in an > effective manner. The first step of this plan was to ensure that users > of our whois service know what their and our mutual rights and > obligations are. It is largely correct that the fine print is largely > for the benefit of the boneheads. > > As far as more changes to the system in pursuing these goals, you have > my word that we will be a lot more proactive in communicating with > y'all. > > Lastly, just a note that we are looking at all of the suggestions that > have come out of the last 24 hours or so of discussion on this subject > with a view that we might be able to achieve our original goals with a > slightly modified approach - stay tuned for more on this front. > > -rwr > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 1:04 PM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Re: Geektools whois proxy - OpenSRS Whois Results >> >> >> >>>> A customer just wrote and told us our BW Whois has also >> has quit working >>>> with OpenSRS's changes. We are going to stop offering >> who-is lookups I >>>> guess as we have enough to do with out these changes. >> >> Interesting. The OpenSRS changes have not effected our whois >> interface at all... I guess BW Whois and Geektools are >> hardcoded to accept a very specific format from OpenSRS which >> causes them to break and require upgrades when OpenSRS >> changes their format. >> >
