PIR To Limit WHOIS Port 43 Access On Aug. 20

[Dave_Z]

Found this in another forum and thought I'd post it there, too:

http://www.pir.org/faqs/whois_limitation

Why is PIR limiting WHOIS Port 43 access for the general public?

PIR is committed to protecting the rights and privacy of registrants of .ORG domains. In an effort to reduce access by speculators and data miners of WHOIS Port 43, and based on consultation with ICANN and registrars, PIR will introduce rate limiting logic on the WHOIS Port 43 server on 20 August, 2005.

 

[zaros64]

privacy of .org domains... a non-profit domain name wants to get there name out.. not hide it lol.. WHAT THE HECK.. what the heck is port 43 anyway?

 

[dgaussin]

Port 43 if the official port for whois protocol. And PIR will block whois query if you query more 4 times a minute. If you use a software on your computer to search if domain is available, software has to follow this rule when you're do bulk search on multiple names. Same thing if you have a whois feature on your website.

 

[mappaiyo]

and so... there will be so much site will change their whois script for PIR. but that's a rasional reason from PIR, and maybe to safe their whois server from some kind of whois flooding .