Quoting the draft:
"many of these functions have been taken over by ICANN, ccTLDs and gTLDs"
RFC 1032 covers that with:
"until it becomes feasible for other appropriate organizations to assume those
responsibilities.".
"The description of the Nicname/Whois service made there has been
obsoleted by RFC 3912"
RFC 3912 updates the specification of the WHOIS protocol only.
The Whois service provides a contact point for administrative, policy
and technical questions about the domain. Although some information
in RFC 1032 is dated, it remains useful and is still widely used as a
guide for troubleshooting technical issues.
The reasons for moving RFC 1032 from status UNKNOWN to status
HISTORIC are light. Such a move would have a negative impact on
active usage as RFC 3912 does not document the contact point for
problems concerning a domain.
Regards,
-sm
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