RFC 1913 · HISTORIC · 1996
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
Architecture of the Whois++ Index Service
Overview
RFC 1913, “Architecture of the Whois++ Index Service”, is a Historic document published in February 1996 by C. Weider, J. Fullton, S. Spero. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
The authors describe an architecture for indexing in distributed databases, and apply this to the WHOIS++ protocol. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
What “Historic” means
A specification that has been superseded or is otherwise no longer recommended for use.
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