Re: Request to Move RFC 954 to Historic Status

[Andrew Newton <anewton@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hugo Salgado H. wrote:
> Is there an RFC that overrides the very old 954 ?? i know that
> .PL is listed in the blocked countries, for the same privacy
> policies in whois.dns.pl, but that was dicussed before in this
> list ??


There are no RFC's, but there are a few things going on in this space.

Eric Brunner-Williams submitted a draft to move 954 to historic:
> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-brunner-rfc954-historic-00.txt

Marcos Sanz has submitted a draft for whois and SRV RRs:
> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-sanz-whois-srv-00.txt

There is also an IETF working group called CRISP that is working on a 
replacement protocol.  The requirements speak to many of the issues you 
have given.
> http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/crisp-charter.html

-andy