DNS query websites
DNS query websites allow you to perform whois searches to find out the following information about other websites:
- Registrar – the name of the organization (registrar) that registered the domain name. Some DNS registrars are GoDaddy.com and Network Solutions.
- DNS Servers – the names of the public DNS servers that authoritatively answer DNS queries for the domain names queried.
- Organizational details – names, addresses, email addresses for the organization that owns the domain name you queried.
For example, a whois search for the domain name cisco.com yields the following results:
Domain Name.......... cisco.com Creation Date........ 1987-05-14 Registration Date.... 2011-04-06 Expiry Date.......... 2012-05-16 Organisation Name.... Cisco Technology, Inc. Organisation Address. 170 W. Tasman Drive Organisation Address. Organisation Address. San Jose Organisation Address. 95134 Organisation Address. CA Organisation Address. UNITED STATES Admin Name........... Info Sec Admin Address........ 170 West Tasman Drive Admin Address........ Admin Address........ San Jose Admin Address........ 95134 Admin Address........ CA Admin Address........ UNITED STATES Admin Email.......... *******@cisco.com Admin Phone.......... +1.4085273842 Admin Fax............ +1.4085264575 Tech Name............ Network Services Tech Address......... 170 W. Tasman Drive Tech Address......... Tech Address......... San Jose Tech Address......... 95134 Tech Address......... CA Tech Address......... UNITED STATES Tech Email........... ********@cisco.com Tech Phone........... +1.4085279223 Tech Fax............. +1.4085267373 Name Server.......... NS1.CISCO.COM Name Server.......... NS2.CISCO.COM
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Some of the common DNS query websites are DNSstuff, BetterWhoIs, and DNSDigger.
Note: whois queries originating from DNSstuff will not work with domain names that have been registered through Network Solutions. You will only be told:
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This domain is registered through Network Solutions. Please visit
http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/index.jsp
to complete your look-up.
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If you want to use whois in a command line environment, its usage and options are explained here.
