Re: Notice to Mariners: loss of navigational aids ("whois consultations")

Dave Crocker <[email protected]> Wed, 05 Sep 2001 15:17:45 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.whois
Message-ID <[email protected]>
At 03:09 PM 9/5/2001, Randy Bush wrote:
> > ps.  hint:  the IETF is about standards for global interoperability, not
> > isolated utility.
>
>whois port 43 is interoperable globally.


as long as one ignores the data, yes it is.

however, ignoring the data is not something that the IETF typically does.

d/

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