All,
Intreating musing. This is not what their press release stated....
William X. Walsh wrote:
> So far they are only permitted registrations from their "partners."
> They are expected some time this week or next to open registrations to
> the public though.
>
> On Wed, 07 Jul 1999 14:19:18 +0100, Jeff Williams
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Ben and all,
> >
> > Nice job Ben, seems to work pretty well and isn't all that slow
> >as you seem to indicate. However you only check NSI and
> >Register.com. Didn't you get the announcement on Melbourne
> >IT yet?
> >
> >Ben Edelman wrote:
> >
> >> Currently it seems that there is no single authoritative WHOIS. Rather,
> >> each registrar keeps its own data of its own registrants. This makes it
> >> difficult to figure out whether a domain is truly available for
> >> registration, so we've rigged up a search system to simultaneously query all
> >> operating testbed registrars for information about a given domain.
> >>
> >> The system is totally experimental -- perhaps it has bugs we don't know
> >> about, it's certainly a little sluggish, and the formatting still leaves
> >> something to be desired. We may not keep it up in the long term, but at
> >> least for now we think it may be helpful.
> >>
> >> I welcome any comments (on- or off-list) about the script, interface, or
> >> concept in general. In particular, I'm interested in other Testbed
> >> Registrars that are already accepting registrations and have WHOIS data
> >> available about their registrations; if anyone knows of additional such
> >> registrars, please send details.
> >>
> >> The Experimental Cross-Registrar WHOIS is at
> >> <http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/icann/whois>.
> >>
> >> Ben Edelman
> >> Berkman Center for Internet and Society
> >> Harvard Law School
> >
> >Regards,
>
> --
> William X. Walsh
> General Manager, DSo Internet Services
> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax:(209) 671-7934
>
> "The fact is that domain names are new and have unique
> characteristics, and their status under the law is not yet clear."
> --Kent Crispin (June 29th, 1999)
Regards,
--
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