[dns-operations] whois in a soundbite

Kaio Rafael kaiorafael at dcc.ufam.edu.br
Thu Mar 3 22:54:39 UTC 2016


Jim,
Let me show you another perspective.

2016-03-01 11:43 GMT-04:00 Jim Reid <jim at rfc1035.com>:
> I can do better in fewer words: whois is utterly useless.
>
`whois` is very useful for those who needs to harvest data to identify
malicious domains such as Fast-Flux and DGAs.

Well, at least for academic issues, it has been very useful.

Cheers!
-- 
Kaio Rafael,
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