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At 20:19 3/23/99 -0500, Nick Bastin wrote: >I would suggest forcing people to register to use the whois database. >Make it open to anybody, with free registration, but require >registration. Then restrict users to, say, 250 queries per day, which >would radically slow the pace of mining, allow most people more queries >than they would ever use in a 24-hour period, and would make it hard to >resell the service. Now, you'd probably need some kind of exception >program whereby with proper authorization, or something, certain users >would have the 250 query limit eliminated, but at least you'd know who >they were, and if they abused it, cut them off. That's a pretty good idea. It works for hundreds of other sites, why not for WhoIs? Require a password (to help avoid account theft), but keep it free. "Small minds can only contemplate small ideas".....Unknown Dean Robb Owner, PC-EASY (757) 495-EASY [3279] On-site computer repair, upgrades and consultations Read my game reviews/columns in SimOps on WWW.TheGamers.Net
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