RFC 812: NICNAME/WHOIS
This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 954, RFC 3912.
Current document in this lineage: RFC 3912 — WHOIS Protocol Specification
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This RFC gives a description of what the NICNAME/WHOIS Server is and how to access it. This server together with the corresponding Identification Data Base provides online directory look-up equivalent to the ARPANET Directory.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC812
- Published
- March 1982
- Authors
- K. Harrenstien; V. White
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Stream
- Legacy
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 2
- Also known as
- —
Standards lineage
This document is one revision in a chain of 3 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.
- RFC 812 (1982)
- RFC 954 (1985)
- RFC 3912 (2004) ✓
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2 later RFCs formally update or obsolete part of this document.
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