rfc-812

NICNAME/WHOIS

K. Harrenstien, V. White

date1982-03 streamLegacy statusUNKNOWN pages2 canonicalhttps://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc812 doi10.17487/RFC0812

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.

obsoleted by

rfc-3912 — WHOIS Protocol Specification
rfc-954 — NICNAME/WHOIS