Best whois?

[PRED]

where is the best whois at?

i used to use whois.net, but limits how many queries to 1 or 2 now
i used the mtld.mobi whois, butthat seems to have gone walkies
uk2.net were great & quick for all major whois details but have changed their site as so many people were using them for this only

where is the best one stop whois site?????

 

[Ubiquitous]

where is the best whois at?

i used to use whois.net, but limits how many queries to 1 or 2 now
i used the mtld.mobi whois, butthat seems to have gone walkies
uk2.net were great & quick for all major whois details but have changed their site as so many people were using them for this only

where is the best one stop whois site?????

I always use either domaintools.com or dnsstuff.com ...

 

[JohnnJohnn is verified member.]

try dnscoop.com

 

[thevirtual]

I have had the same problems. Try using Whois.sc/DomainTools, although they seem to have a strict limit.

I usually use Eurodns for whois searches. You can access whois very easy when you do a domain search. I have had no problems using them so far.

cheers

edit: Moniker Whois sees to be an obvious choice, although I may be wrong

 

[PRED]

thanks guys.
haven't used dntools.com in yonks.
i forgot about those guys.
have used eurodns for .mobi whois
i must be destroying them as when googling have clicked on eurodns sponsored link to get to site as have way too many bookmarked as it is. :smilewinkgrin:

 

[dcristo]

whois.sc undoubtedly

 

[Devil Dog]

yonks?

 

[PRED]

yonks?

yonks = a long time / ages

 

[Dale Hubbard]

If you want accurate and non-cached whois results, you would really want to avoid http.

A realtime whois query will go by TCP to port 43 of the whois server. For example, you can test this in telnet for a .com thus:

MacBook:~ dalehubbard$ telnet rs.internic.net 43
Trying 198.41.0.6...
Connected to rs.internic.net.
Escape character is '^]'.
droopydrawers.com

Whois Server Version 1.3

Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered
with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
for detailed information.

Domain Name: DROOPYDRAWERS.COM
Registrar: MONIKER ONLINE SERVICES, INC.
Whois Server: whois.moniker.com
Referral URL: http://www.moniker.com/whois.html
Name Server: NS1.VORTALS.COM
Name Server: NS2.VORTALS.COM
Name Server: NS3.VORTALS.COM
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Status: clientUpdateProhibited
Status: clientDeleteProhibited
Updated Date: 12-jun-2007
Creation Date: 12-jun-2006
Expiration Date: 12-jun-2008

Notice the above example that we're querying the top level whois server which then gives a secondary referral to whois.moniker.com.

Then:

MacBook:~ dalehubbard$ telnet whois.moniker.com 43
Trying 64.49.213.249...
Connected to whois.moniker.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
droopydrawers.com
Moniker.Com Whois Server Version 2.1

Domain Name: DROOPYDRAWERS.COM

Registrant [543740]:
Moniker Privacy Services
20 SW 27th Ave.
Suite 201
Pompano Beach
FL
33069
US


Administrative Contact [543740]:
Moniker Privacy Services [email protected]
Moniker Privacy Services
20 SW 27th Ave.
Suite 201
Pompano Beach
FL
33069
US
Phone: +1.9549848445
Fax: +1.9549699155


Billing Contact [543740]:
Moniker Privacy Services [email protected]
Moniker Privacy Services
20 SW 27th Ave.
Suite 201
Pompano Beach
FL
33069
US
Phone: +1.9549848445
Fax: +1.9549699155


Technical Contact [543740]:
Moniker Privacy Services [email protected]
Moniker Privacy Services
20 SW 27th Ave.
Suite 201
Pompano Beach
FL
33069
US
Phone: +1.9549848445
Fax: +1.9549699155


Domain servers in listed order:

NS1.VORTALS.COM 38.98.7.49
NS2.VORTALS.COM 65.255.33.217
NS3.VORTALS.COM 66.172.49.190

Record created on: 2006-06-12 19:15:45.0
Database last updated on: 2007-06-12 14:06:06.777
Domain Expires on: 2008-06-12 19:15:46.0

It's quite a bit of effort just for a simple whois, but you get a definitive answer. Do note that sometimes the secondary whois servers will not give you a reply.

 

[DomainMagnate]

try dnscoop.com

nice! I saw it before, but it got lost in my bookmarks

 

[000]

To avoid registrar data mining I use dot com registry Verisign to check if a dot com is unregistered.

http://registrar.verisign-grs.com/whois/

 

[muris]

Fabulous has fast and fresh whois from within your account.
(and you can do bulk whois there)

domaintools.com and dnscoop.com have additional info

 

[Gramma]

I Like http://centralops.net/co/DomainDossier.aspx

 

[ImFM]

I like Andrew's http://iwhois.com/ . Especially since it comes with a neat bookmarklet that lets you highlight a term on a webpage and check availability with one click.

Here's the link for the bookmarklet: http://www.iwhois.com/bookmarklet/

And DomainTools, the classic service. Also if you need a namespinner suggestion tool - try http://DomainsBot.com .

/Fran k

 

[PRED]

Thanks for all your tips Guys :smilewinkgrin:

 

[yzq1979]

You can try CustomWhois.com ,it is the demo site of Custom Whois 1.0 or you can built a simple whois site for your own use with the same script at whois-script.com

 

[jdk]

tellwhois.com is what I use to prevent data mining from the top registrars.

 

[DNP]

whoisc.com + eurodns.com

 

[ck89102]

Fabulous has fast and fresh whois from within your account.
(and you can do bulk whois there)

domaintools.com and dnscoop.com have additional info

I agree. At Fabulous.com, I look up over 15 Whois records at a time. And they have a great tool that checks up to 1000 names at a time for domain availability.

 

[DomainMagnate]

I use who.is