WHOIS Running the Internet

Discusses the evolution of WHOIS and how policy changes will affect WHOIS’ place in IT today and in the future

This book provides a comprehensive overview of WHOIS. The text begins with an introduction to WHOIS and an in-depth coverage of its forty-year history. Afterwards it examines how to use WHOIS and how WHOIS fits in the overall structure of the Domain Name System (DNS). Other technical topic...