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What is Whois
What is Whois
Whois is a network protocol that allows you to obtain key domain information, including details about its owner, registrar, and registration period.
How Whois works
Whois aggregates data from different registrars since there is no single database. The company init provides its own service for retrieving domain information through Whois.
Data availability in Whois
ICANN ensures open access to Whois data. This means registrars must publish information about each registered domain, making it publicly accessible.
Frequently Asked Questions
What information is available through Whois?
Available data may include registrar name, domain administrator (may be hidden depending on the domain zone), expiration date, and DNS servers.
How to find out who owns a domain?
Whois allows you to determine whether a domain belongs to an organization or an individual. This information may appear in the 'Person' or 'Administrator' sections. However, some domain zones hide owner information due to privacy settings.
How to check the registration date of a domain?
Whois lets you find out not only the registration date of a domain but also its history. However, if you need to determine the age of the website itself, it is more complicated since the domain might have been registered long before the site was launched.
How to find hosting information by domain?
Whois does not provide detailed hosting or IP address information. You can only find domain-related data such as its DNS, owner, and registration period. Check DNS records here
Where and when was the domain registered?
Whois provides information about the website, its administrator, and domain age. The registration date is in the 'Created' or 'Creation Date' field. For international domains (.com, .org, .net, etc.), the 'Registrant Country' field shows the country where the domain administrator registered it.
Why is Whois needed?
The Whois service allows you to obtain information about a website: find out the registrar, determine the age of the domain, check who owns the domain and website, and find out if the domain is available for registration.
How to check a domain using Whois?
The domain verification process is very simple: just enter the domain name or IP address, and the system will display all available information about the website.
The set of data may vary depending on the registrar and domain zone. The main parameters:
- β Information about DNS servers
- β Current status of the domain
- β If the domain is registered to an individual, the administrator's data may be displayed (in some zones, it is hidden)
- β If the domain belongs to a legal entity, information about the organization is displayed
- β Name of the registrar company
- β Administrator's contact details
- β Domain registration date
- β Expiration date of the current registration period
- β Date when the domain will become available for registration if the owner does not renew it