[Ietf-not43] call for consensus

[Rick Wesson]

> I also think that in case we choose IRIS (XML seems to be everybody's
> favorite these days...) many may still choose to store their internal
> whois data on LDAP servers (the data is almost entirely accessed for
> reading and structure of ldap servers is well suited for storing such
> data). In that case exist FIRS drafts would be helpfull for software
> developers creating their whois server software, it would also be
> usefull to have easy mapping from FIRS to IRIS.

though i have installed some of icann registrar whois servers, i've never
used ldap for a production whois service backend. thought about it, yes,
and even tested out the ideas. to the best of my knowlege i do not know of
one LDAP backened whois service in production; this isn't to say one does
not exist -- but that the industry has not accepted the idea.

most of the new backend systems for servicing the :43 and :80 whois
requests are built on SQL and OORDBMS database systems.

-rick