> Why can't the registry folks get their collective act together and provide
> users with a system that allows a simple request like "whois name" to
> find the appropriate [piece] of the database.Why can't the ISPs get their act together and use a whois client that
allows a simple request like "whois name" to find the appropriate
database? This is simple enough that it could be done with a PERL script
frontend to the regular whois client and as an added bonus it could lookup
info in the country-code TLD databases as well.
If people used a WKS RR for whois in reverse and forward DNS this would
solve this problem with a very small client hack, and allow for future
changes throughout both the namespace and IP hierachy.