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diff --git a/net/rwhoisd/pkg-descr b/net/rwhoisd/pkg-descr deleted file mode 100644 index 3d3ad5de360d..000000000000 --- a/net/rwhoisd/pkg-descr +++ /dev/null @@ -1,24 +0,0 @@ -What is Referral Whois (RWhois)? - -With the exponential growth of the Internet, a central Whois database that -provides host and network information of systems connected to the Internet, -and electronic mail (email) addresses of the users of those systems has -proven to be very inefficient. The sheer size and effort needed to maintain -a centralized database necessitates an alternate, decentralized approach to -storing and retrieving this information. - -RWhois is a Directory Services protocol which extends and enhances the Whois -concept in a hierarchical and scaleable fashion. It focuses on the -distribution of "network objects"--the data representing Internet resources -or people--and uses the inherently hierarchical nature of these network -objects (domain names, Internet Protocol (IP) networks, email addresses) to -more accurately discover the requested information. - -RWhois synthesizes concepts from other, established Internet protocols to -create a more useful way to find resources across the Internet. The RWhois -protocol and architecture derive a great deal of structure from the Domain -Name System (DNS) [RFC 1034] and borrow directory service concepts from -other directory service efforts, primarily [X.500]. The protocol is also -influenced by earlier established Internet protocols, such as the Simple -Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP) [RFC 821] for response codes. - |