Apparently, NSI is now in violation of their cooperative agreement, http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/agreements/amendment21.htm As administrator, NSI shall use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the status quo with respect to the operational policies, practices, procedures, administration, and daily operations of the .us domain (except as may be reasonably necessary to comply with customary business practices and to minimize or mitigate risks), and, unless directed by the Department, shall not alter the registration policies of the .us domain. Who do we sue for damages? Shall we bring a clas action?
31 hours later from the new registrar (Verisign):
Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2001 19:27:10 -0400 From: US domreg <usdomreg@nic.us> To: James Smallacombe <james@pil.net> Cc: usreply@nic.us Subject: Re: .us TLD whois not in DNS
Dear James,
Thank you for contacting the US Domain Registry.
The whois database was run by ISI until recently. The whois server has now been taken offline and so there is no .us whois server currently. We are currently working on a replacement but there is no estimate on how long that will take. In the meantime, if there are specific domains you wish to have information on, please email them to us and we will manually find the information for you.
Regards,
US Domain Registry www.nic.us usdomreg@nic.us
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