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== See also ==
 
== See also ==
  
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* [[Domain name registry]]
 
* [[Domain Name System]]
 
* [[Domain Name System]]
 
* [[IP address]]
 
* [[IP address]]
 
* [[IP address block]]
 
* [[IP address block]]
 
* [[Internet]]
 
* [[Internet]]
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* [[Regional Internet registry]]
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* [[Routing Assets Database]]
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* [[Routing Policy Specification Language]]
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* [[Shared Whois Project]]
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
  
 
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WHOIS WHOIS] @ Wikipedia
 
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WHOIS WHOIS] @ Wikipedia
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* [http://www.icann.org/ The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers]
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* [http://www.iana.org/ The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority]
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* [https://github.com/whois-server-list/whois-server-list XML Whois Server list]

Revision as of 15:09, 16 September 2015

WHOIS (pronounced as the phrase who is) 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.

(TO DO: expand, cross-reference, illustrate.)

Description

The protocol stores and delivers database content in a human-readable format.

The WHOIS protocol is documented in RFC 3912.

See also

External links