Whoisis a TCP-based query/response protocol which is widely used for querying an official database in order to determine the owner of a domain name, an IP address, or an autonomous system number on the Internet. WHOIS lookups were traditionally made using a command line interface, but a number of simplified web-based tools now exist for looking up domain ownership details from different databases.
The WHOIS system originated as a method that system administrators could use to look up information to contact other IP address or domain name administrators (almost like a "white pages"). The use of the data that is returned from query responses has evolved from those origins into a variety of uses including:
| WhoIs Result For : habbo.nl |
| Domain name: habbo.nl Status: active Registrar: Ascio Technologies Inc Islands brygge 55A 2300 COPENHAGEN Denmark DNSSEC: no Domain nameservers: ns1.ascio.net ns2.ascio.net ns3.ascio.net Record maintained by: NL Domain Registry As the registrant's address is not in the Netherlands, the registrant is obliged by the General Terms and Conditions for .nl Registrants to use SIDN's registered office address as a domicile address. More information on the use of a domicile address may be found at http://sidn.nl Copyright notice No part of this publication may be reproduced, published, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording, or otherwise, without prior permission of the Foundation for Internet Domain Registration in the Netherlands (SIDN). These restrictions apply equally to registrars, except in that reproductions and publications are permitted insofar as they are reasonable, necessary and solely in the context of the registration activities referred to in the General Terms and Conditions for .nl Registrars. Any use of this material for advertising, targeting commercial offers or similar activities is explicitly forbidden and liable to result in legal action. Anyone who is aware or suspects that such activities are taking place is asked to inform the Foundation for Internet Domain Registration in the Netherlands. (c) The Foundation for Internet Domain Registration in the Netherlands (SIDN) Dutch Copyright Act, protection of authors' rights (Section 10, subsection 1, clause 1). |
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