At 3:46 PM +0200 8/15/06, Frank Ellermann wrote: > >4 - Could a server just offer a whois interface and be done > with it ? Andy and Marcos seem to have tackled the other issues you raise, but I'd like to point out the following from the charter: >Specific topics that are NOT goals of this WG are: > >- Backwards compatibility with existing administrative directory >services such as WHOIS. Servers can, of course, offer whatever services they like. Two of the main problems driving the development of CRISP's protocols were, however, the lack of interoperability and security in whois. The decision not to be base further work on it was made at the beginning of the WG. Ted Hardie _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf