Rogue WHOIS server gives researcher superpowers no one should ever have .mobi top-level-domain managers changed the location of its WHOIS server. No one got the memo.

WHOIS data has been key for verifying the ownership and rightful endpoint of that data for a long time, serving as a public directory to both identify and reach a website’s owners.

Creation of the fake server was possible because dotmobiregistry.net—the previous domain hosting the WHOIS server for .mobi domains—was allowed to expire after the server was relocated to a ...

WHOIS data has been key for verifying the ownership and rightful endpoint of that data for a long time, serving as a public directory to both identify and reach a website’s owners.

This provides similar information to the WhoIs lookup. If there’s anything you still don’t understand or isn’t on this list, ICANN has a glossary for all the terms you may see.

Does WhoIs information – or using domain privacy – have any SEO implications? Learn what the experts say about WhoIs as a ranking factor.

whois -h whois.godaddy.com countingcrows.com The whois command can also specify using a different port than the traditional TCP port 43 whois servers monitor for whois requests.

The whois and jwhois command can retrieve extensive details on domain registrations including domain registrants, domain status, responsible organizations and their locations.

Things turned ugly at a meeting of ICANN — the body responsible for overseeing the registration of internet domain names — in Los Angeles today. The meeting revolved around a motion seeking to change ...