Domain search without squating?

[Eric "Shubes"]

Bill Jonas wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 08:56:43PM -0700, Alan Dayley wrote:
>> It appears to only report .com and .net.  Can I point it at a different
>> server or something to search .org names?
> 
> You should either upgrade to a later version of whois, or use "whois -h
> whois.pir.org example.org" to look up example.org's whois info.
> 
> When .org went to a different registrar a couple years ago, its registry
> data went to a different whois server as well.  If the whois client
> you're using doesn't know about the change, you won't be able to look it
> up unless you specify the host.
> 
> See also: http://directory.fsf.org/whois.html
> 

You might also try to dig 'em:
# dig az.us
It will tell you if a name has an active DNS record, although the name could
be registered w/out being active.
Dig it? :)

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-Eric 'shubes'