Domain search without squating?

[Alan Dayley]

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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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