RFC 2958 (rfc2958) - Page 1 of 6
The application/whoispp-response Content-type
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Network Working Group L. Daigle
Request for Comments: 2958 Thinking Cat Enterprises
Category: Informational P. Faltstrom
Cisco Systems Inc.
October 2000
The application/whoispp-response Content-type
Status of this Memo
This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does
not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this
memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2000). All Rights Reserved.
Abstract
This document defines the expression of Whois++ protocol (RFC 1835)
responses within MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)
(RFC 2046) media types. The intention of this document, in
conjunction with RFC 2957 is to enable MIME-enabled mail software,
and other systems using Internet media types, to carry out Whois++
transactions.
1. MIME Registration Information
To: Subject: Registration of MIME media type
application/whoispp-response
MIME Type name: Application
MIME subtype name: whoispp-response
Required parameters: none
Optional parameters: none
Encoding considerations: Any valid MIME encodings may be used
Security considerations: This content-type contains purely
descriptive information (i.e., no directives). There are security
considerations with regards to the appropriateness (privacy) of
Daigle & Faltstrom Informational