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nic.com experiencing DOS attack :(

by Donna Buenaventura Nov 21, 2003 3:53AM PST

I tried visiting http://www.nic.com/nic_info/whois.htm today and this is what I received:

Unfortunately our whois server has been subject to a denial of service attack. We are investigating
a way to limit queries and reinstate the service.