Friday, 16 September 2016

WHOIS Database

  • The WHOIS database contains contact and registration information for every domain registered with a particular registrar.
  • Everyday lot of domain names are created and WHOIS database has contains every domain name information. 
  • When you register a domain name, all information regarding the domain is collected by domain name registrars.
  • WHOIS databases are maintained by individual registrars and not by the central registry.
  • For this reason they are not always fully up-to date. Most of the systems are updated every 24 hours,which means the results that they return can be up to 47 hours out of date.
  • When we register a domain name with registrars, they are pass on the contact details to the WHOIS. These will then be publicly available through WHOIS services.
  • It is useful in applications like Cybersecurity analysis, Fraud detection etc. 
  • We can download the WHOIS database by purchasing some applications from internet depending on our requirement. 
We can see domain database information from internet for free like "who.is" website.The information of stoneprofits.com is:




When we download database it looks like this: