RFC 2167 · INFORMATIONAL · 1997
WED · 29 JUL 2026
Referral Whois Protocol V1.5
Overview
RFC 2167, “Referral Whois Protocol V1.5”, is an Informational document published in June 1997 by S. Williamson, M. Kosters, D. Blacka, J. Singh, K. Zeilstra. It obsoletes RFC 1714. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This memo describes Version 1.5 of the client/server interaction of RWhois. RWhois provides a distributed system for the discovery, retrieval, and maintenance of directory information. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
What “Informational” means
Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.
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Relationships to other RFCs
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- RFC 2166 APPN Implementer's Workshop Closed Pages Document DLSw v2.0 Enhancements
- RFC 2168 Resolution of Uniform Resource Identifiers using the Domain Name System
- RFC 2165 Service Location Protocol
- RFC 2169 A Trivial Convention for using HTTP in URN Resolution
- RFC 2170 Application REQuested IP over ATM
- RFC 2171 MAPOS - Multiple Access Protocol over SONET/SDH Version 1
- RFC 2172 MAPOS Version 1 Assigned Numbers
- RFC 2173 A MAPOS version 1 Extension - Node Switch Protocol