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Help
> About the Whois
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With the new shared
registration system model, the nature of the WHOIS server has changed.
Traditionally, the InterNIC maintained the WHOIS server for .com, .net and
.org domain names, and a single query returned full whois data including
registrant, administrative contact, billing contact, technical contact,
and nameserver information.
The Old Way:
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A single query returned full whois data.
The New Way:
In the
multi-registrar model, each registrar maintains a WHOIS server containing
contact and nameserver information for domains registered with them. The
InterNIC maintains a central, registry WHOIS server, which simply contains
nameserver and registrar information for all .com, .net and .org domains.
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The output from the
registry WHOIS query will indicate the website address and WHOIS server
address for domain's registrar of record, where full contact information
can be found.
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