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        RFC 2167:

        Title:      Referral Whois (RWhois) Protocol V1.5
        Author:     S. Williamson, M. Kosters, D. Blacka,
                    J. Singh, K. Zeilstra
        Date:       June 1997
        Mailbox:    scottw@rwhois.net, markk@internic.net,
                    davidb@rwhois.net, jasdips@rwhois.net,
                    kzeil@rwhois.net
        Pages:      69
        Characters: 136355
        Obsoletes:  1714

        URL:        ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc2167.txt


This memo describes Version 1.5 of the client/server interaction of
RWhois.  RWhois provides a distributed system for the discovery,
retrieval, and maintenance of directory information.

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Joyce K. Reynolds and Mary Kennedy
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