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WHOIS is a service which is widely used for querying a database in order to determine the owner of a domain name, an IP address, or an autonomous system number on the Internet. A number of simplified web-based tools now exist for looking up domain ownership details from different databases.
The WHOIS system originated as a method that system administrators could use to look up information to contact other IP address or domain name administrators (almost like a "white pages").
WHOIS has generated policy issues in the United States federal government. WHOIS creates a privacy issue which is also tied to free speech and anonymous speech. However, WHOIS is an important tool for law enforcement officers investigating violations like spam and phishing to track down the owners of domain names. Law enforcement officers become frustrated when WHOIS records are filled with rubbish. As a result, law enforcement agencies have sought to make WHOIS records both open and verified. There have been congressional hearings that have touched on the importance of WHOIS. The Fraudulent Online Identity Sanctions Act "make it a violation of trademark and copyright law if a person knowingly provided, or caused to be provided, materially false contact information in making, maintaining, or renewing the registration of a domain name used in connection with the violation.
Privacy: Registrant's contact details, such as address and telephone number, are made easily accessible to anyone over the internet for most top-level domains. Although some registrars offer private registrations (where the contact information of the registrar is shown), under ICANN rules the registrar or "private registration" company is then legal owner (lessor) of the domain.
If you would like to check a whois database visit: http://who.securepaynet.net/whoische...%5Fid=searchen
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