RFC 3912: WHOIS Protocol Specification

This document updates the specification of the WHOIS protocol, thereby obsoleting RFC 954. The update is intended to remove the material from RFC 954 that…

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Outgoing relationships (2 related RFCs)

Obsoletes, Normative reference — RFC 954: NICNAME/WHOIS
Obsoletes — RFC 812: NICNAME/WHOIS

Incoming relationships (18 related RFCs)

Informatively referenced by — RFC 9499: DNS Terminology
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7481: Security Services for the Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4690: Review and Recommendations for Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7480: HTTP Usage in the Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7719: DNS Terminology
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9083: JSON Responses for the Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7482: Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) Query Format
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7483: JSON Responses for the Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7485: Inventory and Analysis of WHOIS Registration Objects
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7020: The Internet Numbers Registry System
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8805: A Format for Self-Published IP Geolocation Feeds
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6650: Creation and Use of Email Feedback Reports: An Applicability Statement for the Abuse Reporting Format (ARF)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9632: Finding and Using Geofeed Data
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9092: Finding and Using Geofeed Data
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9255: The 'I' in RPKI Does Not Stand for Identity
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9910: Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) Regional Internet Registry (RIR) Search
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9977: Publishing End-Site Prefix Lengths
Informatively referenced by — RFC 10023: The "_for-sale" Underscored and Globally Scoped DNS Node Name