nanog mailing list archives Re: Whois using these ARIN services?? (fwd: Consultation on the Future of ARIN’s Directory Services)

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From: Randy Bush via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2026 17:12:02 -0700

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What excessive attack surface is there to operating whois? Yes, it is
an additional service, but whois, in some form, has been around since
forever and I am most certain that after so many years, there are well
hardened whois servers available.

i too have been around since forever.  but i am hard to maintain,
crufty, and there are younger net geeks who are probably better them
i at some of the modern stuff.

randy
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