Transition and Modernization of the Internet Registration Service
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(March 1993; No errata)
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Scott Williamson
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Network Working Group S. Williamson
Request for Comments: 1400 Network Solutions, Inc.
March 1993
Transition and Modernization
of the Internet Registration Service
Status of this Memo
This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does
not specify an Internet standard. Distribution of this memo is
unlimited.
Discussion
As a result of the NREN NIS award by National Science Foundation,
non-DDN registration services will soon be transferred from the DDN
NIC to the new Internet Registration Service, which is a part of an
entity referred to as the InterNIC. References in this document to
the InterNIC apply to the Registration Services portion only.
Internet registration services are gradually transitioning to the
InterNIC. We expect that the full transition will be accomplished by
April 1, 1993. During this transitional period, EMail, Fax, and U.S.
mail received at either site will be processed. DDN users will
continue to receive full registration support from the DDN NIC, and
the transition should be transparent to them. DDN users should
continue to send registration requests to hostmast@nic.ddn.mil (IP,
.mil domain, inaddr for 26.x.x.x) or registrar@nic.ddn.mil (user
registrations or TAC card requests) using the DISA approved
registration forms.
From now through March 31, 1993, non-DDN Internet registration
requests will be handled as follows:
The current DDN NIC registration templates may be filled out and
submitted to either hostmaster@internic.net or
hostmaster@nic.ddn.mil through March 31. The new InterNIC
templates will be accepted effective April 1, 1993, but not until
that time.
Telephone support: 1-800-365-DNIC or
1-703-802-4535 (Washington DC metro area)
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RFC 1400 Transition of Registration Services March 1993
Mail questions and registration templates to:
Government Systems Inc.
Attn: Network Information Center
14200 Park Meadow Dr.
Suite 200
Chantilly, VA 2200
Effective April 1, 1993, non-DDN Internet requests will be handled as
described below.
New registration requests should be sent to autoreg@internic.net
using the new template. Old templates sent to
autoreg@internic.net will be returned with the parsing error
messages and the new form attached. Old templates mailed to
hostmaster@interic.net will be accepted through June 30, 1993.
After that date, templates in the old format will be returned to
the sender with the new template attached.
Telephone support: 1-800-444-4345 or 619-455-4600
1-703-742-4777 (Registration service only)
(Washington DC metro area)
Mail questions and registration templates to:
Network Solutions, Inc.
Attn: InterNIC Registration Service
505 Huntmar Park Drive
Herndon, VA 22070
In an effort to keep those who are likely to submit a high volume of
registration requests informed during the transition period,
information regarding Internet registration issues will be
distributed via the mail list rs-info@internic.net. Send
subscription requests to:
rs-info-request@internic.net.
Information on the location of the new autoreg templates and how to
retrieve them will be sent to those who have subscribed to this list.
Comments are solicited. The new registration templates have been
modified to facilitate automatic processing and to remove all DDN-
specific references.
WHOIS services will be available at both the DDN NIC and InterNIC
sites:
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whois.nic.ddn.mil (192.112.36.5)
whois.internic.net (198.41.0.5)
Effective April 1, 1993, only DDN information will be available from
whois.nic.ddn.mil. The WHOIS service available from
whois.internic.net will contain all information on IP addresses,
domains, and ASNs. The WHOIS service available from the
whois.internic.net will contain individual user records only for
those who serve as a Point of Contact for an active node. Those who
are interested in establishing a whois service for information on
individual users (e.g., for Internet hosts or campus networks) are
encouraged to participate in one of the many distributed WHOIS-like
information projects.
Root zone files will be available at both sites through March 31,
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