I use jwhois, which is what was recommended with an 'apt-get install whois', on Centos 4.4.<br><br>Supports most TLD's it seems, testing all the most popular ones has returned valid results.<br><br>Hope that helps.<br><br>Daniel Parraz<br><br><b><i>Alan Dayley &lt;alandd@consultpros.com&gt;</i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----<br>Hash: SHA1<br><br>I am thinking of registering a few domain names.  I was going to do a<br>search for availability but am reluctant to do so.  It appears that it<br>is not uncommon for search sites, or someone in the search chain, to<br>snap up names people have been looking at and registering them to sell<br>them at a higher price.<br><br>http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20060720/1255219.shtml<br><br>I know 3 people to whom this has happened and 1 other who registered a<br>.org and went back the next day to get .com and
 .net but found them<br>registered since just the previous day!<br><br>I'm certain many on this list have more experience than I with searching<br>out domain names.  How do you handle the searching issue?  What sites<br>are considered "safe" to use for searches?<br><br>Alan<br><br>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----<br>Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux)<br>Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org<br><br>iD8DBQFFMFHUDQw/VSQuFZYRApuMAJwLYykHg+fnYo6KXMJ0tcE4tqprDQCbBj1r<br>ZmEfNaS0y3H27Ppqh4BiPc4=<br>=uuUE<br>-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----<br>---------------------------------------------------<br>PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us<br>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change  you mail settings:<br>http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss<br></blockquote><br><p>&#32;
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