Try http://www.internic.net/whois.html which says they report on Whois (.aero, .arpa, .biz, .cat, .com, .coop, .edu, .info, .int, .jobs, .mobi, .museum, .name, .net, .org, .pro, and .travel): On 10/13/06, Alan Dayley wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Cool! > > It appears to only report .com and .net. Can I point it at a different > server or something to search .org names? > > Alan > > George Toft wrote: > > I use the whois command to search for domain names. > > > > George Toft, CISSP, MSIS > > 623-203-1760 > > > > Alan Dayley wrote: > > I am thinking of registering a few domain names. I was going to do a > > search for availability but am reluctant to do so. It appears that it > > is not uncommon for search sites, or someone in the search chain, to > > snap up names people have been looking at and registering them to sell > > them at a higher price. > > > > http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20060720/1255219.shtml > > > > I know 3 people to whom this has happened and 1 other who registered a > > .org and went back the next day to get .com and .net but found them > > registered since just the previous day! > > > > I'm certain many on this list have more experience than I with searching > > out domain names. How do you handle the searching issue? What sites > > are considered "safe" to use for searches? > > > > Alan > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFFMF/7DQw/VSQuFZYRAgTKAJ0ZdCljzE2XyWjmNk7etqODo1zO2wCfda8w > 7G6+DDuOg5lQFlQukkNbfGo= > =0az7 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. - Dr. Seuss