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RDAP replaces WHOIS, offering a more technologically advanced way to discover the domain is protected by privacy services.
by brown 2y ago
RDAP replaces WHOIS, offering a more technologically advanced way to discover the domain is protected by privacy services.
- jeroenhd 2y agoDomain whois is useless, but IP whois is at least kind of useful to check before blanket banning entire IP ranges.
- homebrewer 2y agoIt's useful for checking if a domain name is taken without doing that through a registrar, which is both less convenient, and (in case of shitty registrars) can be sold to domain speculators.
- eXpl0it3r 2y agoDepends what endpoint you hit, the look up data will likely be sold regardless.
- grendelt 2y agoInterestingly, when discussing WHOIS with my networking students, I discovered .edu WHOIS is not (cannot?) hidden. I suppose EDUCAUSE either requires WHOIS to remain open or they do not offer information hiding. Doing some WHOIS lookups, we found a point of contact at a university, called the network admin said hello and launched into an impromptu network admin interview. It was cool stuff. I emailed him later in the day to apologize to and thank him for being a good sport about the whole thing. He (fortunately) found it all rather enjoyable.
- kelnos 2y agoSome other TLDs, like .us and .in, also forbid WHOIS privacy. TLD owners are free to set whatever policy they want around this. Perhaps .edu does the same.
- whalesalad 2y agowhois/rdap is very useful to identify if a domain is registered or not, and if so with whom. still lots of use there without pii data.
- nine_k 2y agoBoth give you a way to find out the domain's registrar, registration date, transfer status, and administrative contacts like abuse@. Nameserver data can also be somehow useful. Otherwise, what did you expect the registrar to divulge to you, a random passer-by?
- HeatrayEnjoyer 2y agoAs a random passer-by I can look up the registered ownership of any building on the street.
- skissane 2y agoAs an Australian, I can look up the ownership of random properties in the US for free. But if I want to do the same for a building on my own street, I have to pay a US$11 fee per a property searched. The US has a reputation of being a hypercapitalist society, yet they seem to be behind Australia in the descent into hypercapitalism by not (yet) privatising the registration of land titles. [0] [0] https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-12/$2.6-billion-price-tag-on-nsw-land-titles-registry-sale/8439176 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-12/$2.6-billion-price-ta...
- emmelaich 2y agoIs that hypercapitalism or .. too much state control? A private industry would be able to maintain the records for next to nothing by advertising or offering related services. The govt could restrict themselves to ensuring no monopoly.
- cuu508 2y agoIntentionally ot not, it also prevents mass scraping.
- skissane 2y agoIt doesn’t because you can negotiate a bulk discount. If you want all the titles, they’ll sell that to you - for a huge fee, but still a big discount off paying for them all individually. So essentially it prevents mass scraping by individuals and small businesses, while posing no real obstacle for megacorps with megabudgets
- TZubiri 2y agoI get the joke, but whois is super valuable for abuse report contact and for registrar and even ip block info! Huge protocol for cybersecurity