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

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