RE: [ga] WHOIS: Bulk access users?

["Cade,Marilyn S - LGA" <mcade@att.com>]

ah, ha. of course. makes sense... "aged" data... etc. etc.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ross Wm. Rader [mailto:ross@tucows.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 11:58 AM
To: Cade,Marilyn S - LGA; jon@jonlawrence.com; 'Thomas Roessler';
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Subject: RE: [ga] WHOIS: Bulk access users?


Cross-registry whois is more of a theoretical application at this point.
The data is not fresh enough, nor cheap enough to facilitate this in a
meaningful manner. Referral whois between live systems has been the more
appropriate solution in practice.



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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ga@dnso.org [mailto:owner-ga@dnso.org] On Behalf 
> Of Cade,Marilyn S - LGA
> Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 8:50 AM
> To: jon@jonlawrence.com; Thomas Roessler; ga@dnso.org
> Subject: RE: [ga] WHOIS: Bulk access users?
> 
> 
> I believe there is probably one additional service not 
> mentioned: cross-registry WHOIS services. 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Lawrence [mailto:jon@jonlawrence.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 7:24 AM
> To: Thomas Roessler; ga@dnso.org
> Subject: RE: [ga] WHOIS: Bulk access users?
> 
> 
> Thomas
> 
> In my experience the customers for bulk access come in three groups:
> 
> (1) Law firms or firms providing IP related services to law 
> firms - using the data to provide search services to their 
> clients for brand protection purposes and so forth.
> (2) competing registrars - for market analysis as well as to 
> build mailing lists (to be fair some don't use it for mailing 
> lists - the ones who do are well known).
> (3) major resellers - ditto.
> 
> rgds
> jon
> 
> 
> >-- Original Message --
> >Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 12:28:42 +0200
> >From: Thomas Roessler <roessler@does-not-exist.org>
> >To: ga@dnso.org
> >Subject: [ga] WHOIS: Bulk access users?
> >
> >
> >A quick and maybe stupid question: Does anyone know what use is
> >actually being made of the bulk access provisions?  What are the 
> >services offered on the basis of these data?
> >
> >Any pointers would be welcome.
> >
> >Regards,
> >-- 
> >Thomas Roessler                        http://log.does-not-exist.org/
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