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From: stjohns@BEAST.DDN.MIL (Mike St. Johns)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Net 3 assignment
Message-ID: <8810201319.AA15973@beast.DDN.MIL>
Date: 20 Oct 88 13:19:40 GMT
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My system is flakey and I may have answered this.

Yes, WHOIS is supposed to list ALL networks, even those not approved
for connection.  to get a network number, you have to fill out a form
and the NIC enters that data in the WHOIS database so it can keep
track of who owns what number.

Mike