Port 43 Whois Announcement

Tue Nov 16 20:18:03 UTC 1999

An FYI of an operational nature.......

--Tom
Director of gTLD Programs
NSI Registry

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Redirecting Port 43 Whois

The following change is being made to comply with the recently 
negotiated and signed agreements between the U.S. Department of 
Commerce, ICANN, and NSI.  

Effective December 1, 1999 Network Solutions will be redirecting 
port 43 (rs.internic.net) Whois from the NSI Registrar Whois to 
the NSI Registry Whois.   The NSI Registry Whois can currently be 
found at whois.nsiregistry.net.  After this occurs, port 43 Whois 
will show the following information: domain name, registrar, Whois 
server, registrar referral URL and the names of the name servers 
associated with the domain.  To obtain registrant and domain name 
contact information, users will need to refer to the Whois service 
provided by the registrar for the domain name. 

Send questions or comments to whois at nsiregistry.net.