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I learned this _years_ ago that Godaddy will steal your name for fun and profit. As the HN comments confirm, there are several shady outfits that do the same th

I learned this _years_ ago that Godaddy will steal your name for fun and profit. As the HN comments confirm, there are several shady outfits that do the same thing. For years, I've gone to ICANN directly to check domain name availability: https://lookup.icann.org/ https://lookup.icann.org/

tzs 6y ago
That doesn't work for all TLDs. I just checked a .us domain and it says "No registry RDAP server was identified for this domain. Attempting lookup using WHOIS service", and then "Failed to perform lookup using WHOIS service: TLD_NOT_SUPPORTED".