Re: IETF-51 WhoisFix BoF Announcement

"Ross Wm. Rader" <[email protected]> Wed, 1 Aug 2001 13:31:03 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.whois
Organization Tucows Inc.
Message-ID <024601c11aaf$bd2d0dd0$040a000a@RRADER2K>

> Are you suggesting that there are multiple ways in which the BOF should
> properly scope its work, such as:
>   1) in reference to domains only
>   2) domains, IP registries, etc.
>   3) the most commonly known use(es) of whois (which is probably #2)
>   4) as a general directory service.

Precisely - your translation is appreciated ;) Lack of awareness around
these issues seemed to completely distract the BoF last time around.
"WhoisNext" is of tremendous value to an incredibly large number of entities
and I really want to see this effort move forward.

-rwr