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This excerpt taken from the VRSN 10-K filed Jul 12, 2007. Public Whois Specification Registry Operator’s Whois service is the authoritative Whois service for all second-level Internet domain names registered in the .com top-level domain and for all hosts registered using these names. This service is available to anyone. It is available via port 43 access and via links at the Registry Operator’s web site. It is updated daily. To use Registry Whois via port 43 enter the applicable parameter on the command line as illustrated below:
By default, Whois performs a very broad search, looking in all record types for matches to your query in these fields: domain name, nameserver name, nameserver IP address, and registrar names. Use keywords to narrow the search (for example, ‘domain root’). Specify only part of the search string to perform a “partial” search on domain. Every domain starting with the string will be found. A trailing dot (or dots) after your text or the partial keyword indicates a partial search. For example, entering ‘mack.’ will find “Mack”, “Mackall”, “Mackay”, and so on. To use Registry Whois using the web interface:
For all registered second-level domain names in .com, information as illustrated in the following example is displayed, where the entry parameter is the domain name (including the TLD): Domain Name: VERISIGN-GRS.COM Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC. Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com Referral URL: http://www.networksolutions.com Name Server: NS1.CRSNIC.NET Name Server: NS2.NSIREGISTRY.NET Name Server: NS3.VERISIGN-GRS.NET Name Server: NS4.VERISIGN-GRS.NET Status: REGISTRAR-LOCK Updated Date: 20-oct-2004 Creation Date: 08-sep-2000 Expiration Date: 08-sep-2008 >>> Last update of whois database: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 07:52:23 EST <<< For all ICANN-accredited registrars who are authorized to register .com second-level domain names through Registry Operator, information as illustrated in the following example is displayed, where the entry parameter is the full name of the registrar (including punctuation, “Inc.”, etc.): Registrar Name: SAMPLE REGISTRAR, INC. DBA SAMPLE NAMES Address: 1234 Any Way, Anytown, VA 20153, US Phone Number: 703-555-5555 Email: registrar-agent@samplenames.net Whois Server: whois.registrar.samplenames.com Referral URL: www.registrar.samplenames.com Admin Contact: Jane Doe Phone Number: 703-555-5556 Email: janedoe@samplenames.com Admin Contact: John Smith Phone Number: 703-555-5557 Email: johnsmith@samplenames.com Admin Contact: Domain Name Administrator Phone Number: 703-555-5558 Email: dns-eng@samplenames.com Billing Contact: Petranella Jones Phone Number: 703-555-5559 Email: pjones@samplenames.com Technical Contact: Harry Nerd Phone Number: 703 555-6000 Email: harrynerd@samplenames.com Technical Contact: Harry Nerd II Phone Number: 703-555-6001 Email: harrynerd@samplenames.com
>>> Last update of whois database: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 07:52:23 EST <<< For all hosts registered using second-level domain names in .com, information as illustrated in the following example is displayed, where the entry parameter is either the full host name or the IP address: Server Name: DNS.MOMINC.COM IP Address: 209.143.112.34 Registrar: BULKREGISTER, LLC. Whois Server: whois.bulkregister.com Referral URL: http://www.bulkregister.com >>> Last update of whois database: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 07:52:23 EST <<< |
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