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Re: Verisign vs ICANN
- From: Kee Hinckley
- Date: Sat Sep 20 17:08:54 2003
At 8:37 PM +0100 9/20/03, Simon Lockhart wrote:
Okay, to Internet "Experts", things are broken - their domain checking scripts
no longer return "domain available" (why not just check whois.internic.net?).
To quote Verisign, although this is true of all other whois providers:
TERMS OF USE: You are not authorized to access or query our Whois
database through the use of electronic processes that are high-volume and
automated except as reasonably necessary to register domain names or
modify existing registrations; the Data in VeriSign Global Registry
Never mind that there isn't a standard format for the returned
information between providers.
The whois database is not a replacement for a DNS query.
--
Kee Hinckley
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I'm not sure which upsets me more: that people are so unwilling to accept
responsibility for their own actions, or that they are so eager to regulate
everyone else's.
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