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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 from a domain is publicly available. The data is provided by the domain registrar and can be queried via the whois protocol. The whois protocol is based on TCP and uses port 43. The whois protocol is not encrypted and the data is transmitted in plain text. Because the whois protocol is not standardized, the data may have a different format depending on the registrar.

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In order to use the whois protocol, the firewall must allow outgoing connections on port 43 to the whois server associated with the top-level domain. For example, if you want to query the whois information for borntoberoot.net, you must allow outgoing connections to whois.verisign-grs.com on port 43.

warning

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

Example inputs:

  • borntoberoot.net

Whois

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Right-click on the result to copy or export the information.

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