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| *] (http://www.whois.sc/) | |||
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| *, Whois protocol specification | *, Whois protocol specification | ||
| *, run a Whois query for generic top-level domains | |||
| *, Global Whois service with lookup for all GTLDs and CCTLDs | |||
| *, Web based Whois service for generic and all available country-code (two-letter) top-level domains. | |||
| *, Whois search and Domain Names Informations in over 200 tlds | |||
| *, Whois archive, 5 years of whois history on domains under com/net/org TLDs | |||
| *, Provides users the ability to run a Whois on a specific domain. | |||
| *, Complete Whois and Reverse Whois queries. | |||
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| *, Offering free Whois lookup capabilities and supporting all TLDS and CCTLDs. | |||
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| * UK based domain names | |||
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Whois is a protocol for submitting a query to a database for determining the owner of a domain name, an IP network, or an autonomous system number.
Below is the result of a whois query on wikipedia.org:
Domain ID:D51687756-LROR Domain Name:WIKIPEDIA.ORG Created On:13-Jan-2001 00:12:14 UTC Last Updated On:08-Dec-2004 17:52:24 UTC Expiration Date:13-Jan-2014 00:12:14 UTC Sponsoring Registrar:Register.com Inc. (R71-LROR) Status:OK Registrant ID:C3819183-RCOM Registrant Name:Jimmy Wales Registrant Organization:Bomis, Inc. Registrant Street1:4455 Lamont St., Suite 3 Registrant Street2: Registrant Street3: Registrant City:San Diego Registrant State/Province:CA Registrant Postal Code:92109 Registrant Country:US Registrant Phone:+1.6192739361 Registrant Phone Ext.: Registrant FAX:+1.6192739363 Registrant FAX Ext.: Registrant Email:jwales@bomis.com Admin ID:C40903147-RCOM Admin Name:Jimmy Wales Admin Organization:Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Admin Street1:3911 Harrisburg St. NE Admin Street2: Admin Street3: Admin City:St. Petersburg Admin State/Province:FL Admin Postal Code:33703 Admin Country:US Admin Phone:+1.7276441636 Admin Phone Ext.: Admin FAX: Admin FAX Ext.: Admin Email:jwales@bomis.com Tech ID:C40903148-RCOM Tech Name:Jimmy Wales Tech Organization:Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Tech Street1:3911 Harrisburg St. NE Tech Street2: Tech Street3: Tech City:St. Petersburg Tech State/Province:FL Tech Postal Code:33703 Tech Country:US Tech Phone:+1.7276441636 Tech Phone Ext.: Tech FAX: Tech FAX Ext.: Tech Email:jwales@bomis.com Name Server:ZWINGER.WIKIPEDIA.ORG Name Server:GUNTHER.BOMIS.COM
Problems
- Privacy. Registrants contact details are easily accessible to anyone on the internet.
- Spam. Spammers often harvest plain-text email addresses from WHOIS requests.
See also
External links
- RFC3912, Whois protocol specification