Real-time WHOIS for .COM

Wed Aug 10 19:07:43 UTC 2005

On Wed, 10 Aug 2005, Florian Weimer wrote:
> Is there some kind of real-time WHOIS for .COM (and friends) which
> allows you to determine at least the corresponding registrar?  This is
> helpful if you have to pull a delegation in order to mitigate a
> particular threat.

Near-real-time Whois for com/net is not available today but is coming:
it will be in place by April 1, 2006, per the new .net registry
agreement
(http://www.icann.org/tlds/agreements/net/net-registry-agreement-01jul05.pdf,
FWIW).

Our registry customer service group reads mail sent to
<info at verisign-grs.com> 24 hours per day, so if it's a real emergency
you can always contact them or activate the bat signal with a posting
on NANOG, which is also read here throughout the day.

Matt
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Matt Larson <mlarson at verisign.com>
VeriSign Naming and Directory Services