Commerce Dept. Orders NSI to Open "Whois" Database

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Posted by Roblimo on Monday July 26, 1999 @07:13PM from the mommy-I-don't-want-to-share-my-toys dept.

Sawmill writes "The US Commerce Department has ordered NSI to open the "whois" database to companies. This is either really good (free the information!) or really bad (SPAM hell). " Either way, it looks like NSI has been stepping on an awful lot of toes lately. Something's got to change over there.

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