WHOIS is a query and response protocol that is widely used for querying databases that store the registered users or assignees of an Internet resource, such as a domain name, an IP address block, or an autonomous system, but is also used for a wider range of other information.
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How much privacy do domain whois privacy services really offer?
I have a domain with my real name, address and contact info on the whois record. I am considering purchasing a privacy service to hide these details. Will that actually help, given that my record is already "out there", with many whois-history…
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Spoofing domain registration date info
Is it possible to spoof or change backwards Domain Registration Date that can be looked up in online whois tools and databases?
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How to find organization name with tshark
How can I configure tshark to display the OrgName of the source or destination IP?
This command produces empty lines
tshark -lq -T fields -e ip.geoip.src_org
and so does this command
tshark -lq -T fields -e whois.answer
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What are the requirements of becoming a WHOIS Proxy or Privacy service (not a registrar)?
This question was put on hold as off-topic at Webmasters, so I'm hoping it's ok to ask here.
I've read up on the (outrageous) costs of becoming, maintaining and operating a registrar, but I cannot find any useful information about the nature of the…
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Can we detect other websites of a user on a shared hosting?
I use a shared hosting plan which allows me to add multiple websites with one account/purchase. I have one website in the same plan for my work, and one for personal works. I can see both of them in my file manager and they seem to be related (in…
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How reliable are Whois records? Can they be faked, and if so, how easily?
Let's say I look up a domain on WhoIs and see that the Registrant Organization is Example Company. How sure can I be that the domain actually belongs to Example Company? Can a malicious actor just say they are working on behalf of Example Company…
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Questions about WhoIsData-Requests and IP
when I use websites (server A) like https://check-host.net/ip-info to get Whois-Data or the IP from another website (server B)...
1) ...do, generally speaking, those websites (server A) connect themselves to the website server (B) with their own…
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Could access to the WHOIS contact methods for a domain name provide any form of access or leverage to the domain?
In WHOIS, every domain name has at least an email address, physical address and phone number that can be publicly accessed (assuming privacy is off).
Could the ability to receive messages/mail at these contact points allow an attacker to take over…
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Mysterious IP Address
Often I need to identify IP addresses. I like to execute whois.exe on the command line. Have not found a site with the whois information for this IP address:
164.45.207.200
Also, I was able to get the reverse lookup, but no clear info on the…
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What are known domain hijacking methods?
The definition of domain hijacking is: "to gain (temporarily) control a domain" which could be either through:
Stealing the legal and/or technical ownership of a domain (for example by transferring the domain to another registrar);
Gaining control…
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Whois History resources authentic source
I have couple of doubts related to Whois records.
For a particulate domain...
How authentic are the Whois records?
As per my research the records are not permissible in courts (or at least would not be considered primary evidence). As I can…
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What are the security benefits to preventing the storage of a company's public IP on a database?
For example, the whois database does not contain DJI's public IP (I had to use zenmap traceroute to retrieve it).
