Thanks Ross. A system-status note would be desirable to let us know your intentions to prepare ;0)
-- Mike Allen, 4CheapDomains.Net [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.4CheapDomains.Net (812) 275-8425 - Office (815) 364-1278 - Fax ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ross Wm. Rader" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 1:56 PM 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. > > > >
