Re: Whois using these ARIN services?? (fwd: Consultation on the Future of ARIN???s Directory Services)

["John R. Levine via NANOG" <nanog () lists nanog org>]

On Fri, 21 Aug 2026, William Herrin wrote:
> I just did a "whois" on my own domains and found it still working. And
> I checked under the hood - the client isn't using RDAP.

It depends on the registry.  Verisign and PIR which run com, net, and org, 
still have whois, Identity Digital which runs .info and a lot of other 
smaller domains doesn't.

> Maybe there's a disconnect between announcement and practice here? And
> the lack of outcry is because pragmatically speaking whois still
> works?

No, it's because people who do domain WHOIS have seen the news from ICANN 
and done the small amount of work to move to RDAP.

Re Randy's comment, a lot of info is redacted but again it depends on the 
registrar.  Everyone still provides registration and expiration dates and 
a link to the registrar, some registrars provide a lot more.  Look for 
example at GURUS.COM which I sold about 30 years ago and has been 
baouncing around among speculators ever since.

R's,
John

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