Whois

With Whois you can retrieve Whois information for a domain directly from the Whois server associated with the top-level domain.

info

Whois data for a domain is publicly available and provided by the domain registrar. The Whois protocol is based on TCP and uses port 43. Data is transmitted as unencrypted plain text. Because the Whois protocol is not standardized, the format of the response may vary by registrar.

note

The firewall must allow outgoing TCP connections on port 43 to the Whois server associated with the top-level domain. For example, querying borntoberoot.net requires access to whois.verisign-grs.com:43.

warning

For .de domains, DENIC no longer provides information via the Whois protocol.

Example inputs

Domain	Description
borntoberoot.net	Query Whois information for a .net domain

Context menu

Action	Description
Copy	Copies the selected information to the clipboard
Export...	Exports the selected or all results to a file

Profile

Inherit host from general

Inherit the host from the general settings.

Type: Boolean

Default: Enabled

note

If this option is enabled, the domain is overwritten by the host from the general settings and the domain is disabled.

Domain

Domain to query for Whois information.

Type: String

Default: Empty

Example: borntoberoot.net