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- DDN Network Information Center WHOIS Service
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- _A_d_d_r_e_s_s:
- SRI International
- Network Information Systems Center, Room EJ291
- 333 Ravenswood Avenue
- Menlo Park, CA 94015
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- _E-_m_a_i_l:
- BUG-WHOIS@NIC.DDN.MIL (for questions and comments about
- WHOIS)
- SERVICE@NIC.DDN.MIL (for automated WHOIS search requests via
- e-mail)
- REGISTRAR@NIC.DDN.MIL (for requests to be registered in the
- WHOIS database)
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- _P_h_o_n_e: 1-800-235-3155 or (415) 859-3695
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- _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n
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- WHOIS/NICNAME is a NIC program that provides an electronic
- ``white pages'' of network entities. WHOIS lists the name,
- network mailbox, US postal address, telephone number, and
- host for all users registered with the NIC. WHOIS also pro-
- vides information about registered hosts, domains, and net-
- works, including the names and addresses of designated
- points of contact, host addresses, and domain servers.
- There are currently more than 75,000 users and points of
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- Access to the WHOIS program is available in a number of
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- o+ Via client programs that query the WHOIS server
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- o+ Via Telnet to users who connect to <NIC.DDN.MIL>
- (<192.67.67.20>)
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- The information in this section is provided in accor-
- dance with the copyright notice appearing at the front
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- May 22, 1990 NNSC Section 4.2, Page 1
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- o+ Via automatic mail server by sending a message to
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- _W_h_o _C_a_n _U_s_e _W_H_O_I_S
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- WHOIS services are available to all users of the Internet
- and also to users on networks that gateway to the Internet.
- Any Internet user with a valid electronic mailbox can be
- listed in the WHOIS database.
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