This is mainly a place-holder file to help divide up the long list of whois-server site names.... The NET domain includes organizations based throughout the world. RFC 1032 had this to say about these domain names: "NET" was introduced as a parent domain for various network-type organizations. Organizations that belong within this top-level domain are generic or network-specific, such as network service centers and consortia. "NET" also encompasses network management-related organizations, such as information centers and operations centers. The site names are organized alphabetically by the domain name of the whois-server machine, considering the labels (the individual components of the name, separated by dots) in reverse order. For example, FOO.AAAA.NET, BAR.AAAB.NET, BAZ.AAAB.NET, etc. Notes: the whois.internic.net server at Network Solutions, Inc. holds information about organizations on the network throughout the world, although coverage outside the United States is complete only for top-level country domains. See RFC 1400 for additional details about this server. The ds.internic.net server at Network Solutions, Inc. holds a portion of the data formerly available on whois.nic.ddn.mil, specifically, records for persons who are neither affiliated with MILNET sites, nor a Point of Contact (POC) for a non-MILNET network or domain. The Reseaux IP Europeens server, whois.ripe.net, has information about organizations on the network in Europe. If your site has the WAIS software installed, you might want to use RIPE's WAIS service instead of the whois service. The database name is "ripe-database", located on wais.ripe.net, TCP port 210. .