Whois: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
added IRIS and WEIRDS |
||
| Line 23: | Line 23: | ||
==Whois protocol== | ==Whois protocol== | ||
The origin of Whois protocol is in the ARPANET NICNAME protocol which was developed based on NAME/FINGER Protocol (rpersented in [[RFC742]] from 1977). In 1982, within [[RFC812]] the NICNAME/WHOIS protocol was presented for the first time by [[Ken Harrenstien]] and [[Vic White]] from SRI International - Network Information Center. Even if he Whois was first used on the Network Control Program, its main use was eventually determined by the standardization of TCO/IP across the ARPNET and Internet. | The origin of Whois protocol is in the ARPANET NICNAME protocol which was developed based on NAME/FINGER Protocol (rpersented in [[RFC742]] from 1977). In 1982, within [[RFC812]] the NICNAME/WHOIS protocol was presented for the first time by [[Ken Harrenstien]] and [[Vic White]] from SRI International - Network Information Center. Even if he Whois was first used on the Network Control Program, its main use was eventually determined by the standardization of TCO/IP across the ARPNET and Internet. | ||
==Whois Replacements/Alternatives== | |||
Due to shortcomings of the protocol, various proposals exist to augment or replace it. Examples are [http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3981 Internet Registry Information Service (IRIS)] as well as the newer proposed IETF working group called [http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/weirds/current/msg00231.html WHOIS-based Extensible Internet Registration Data Service (WEIRDS)] intended to develop a REST-based protocol. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||