Whois May Be Scrapped to Break Deadlock

October 29th, 2007 in Technology / Internet
Whois May Be Scrapped to Break Deadlock (AP)

Vint Cerf works on his computer in his McLean, Va. home in this Sept. 6, 2005 file photo. After fending off an international rebellion and planting the seeds for streamlining operations, Cerf is stepping down this week as chairman of the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers this week. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

(AP) -- Tech industry lawyer Mark Bohannon frequently taps a group of searchable databases called Whois to figure out who may be behind a Web site that distributes pirated software or tricks visitors into revealing passwords.

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