Please note that this is an issue that ICANN is addressing. PIR is working with the staff at ICANN to assist in any way necessary. Regards, Bruce Beckwith Public Interest Registry ) There has been some confusion about the naming of the new .org whois for ) port 43 service. As noted now on our web site, and also in other posts, ) it can be found at: ) ) whois.publicinterestregistry.net Will rs.internic.net eventually provide referals to the appropriate whois servers, or will there be a "smarter" referer somewhere along the lines?