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 <
alandd@consultpros.com> wrote:
>
> > 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
>
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