On Wed, 07 Jul 1999 14:48:18 +0100, Jeff Williams
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>All,
>
> Intreating musing. This is not what their press release stated....
Perhaps you should read the news more often. I posted a story well
over a week ago from news.com about them beginning to accept
registrations, but only from their partners.
Perhaps your "musings" need to be more grounded in fact?
>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,
--
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)
