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I've wondered about this for a while now... I have two .in domains with namecheap and whois data is all "REDACTED FOR PRIVACY" despite namecheap not allowing m

I've wondered about this for a while now... I have two .in domains with namecheap and whois data is all "REDACTED FOR PRIVACY" despite namecheap not allowing me to add domain privacy when I purchased the domains. In fact Namecheap explicitly state that they can't provide privacy services for .in domains on this page: https://www.namecheap.com/security/what-is-domain-privacy-definition/ https://www.namecheap.com/security/what-is-domain-privacy-de...

notpushkin 2y ago
I’ve looked into it a bit more, and turns out there are two options for redacting WHOIS data: - “Privacy service”, which is these funky named LLCs replacing your data in the WHOIS - Just the redaction, which replaces almost all data with REDACTED FOR PRIVACY (except for registrant's country, state, and organization name). No idea why or how any of this works! Apparently, Porkbun does both: on my another domain, aedge.dev, it shows REDACTED FOR PRIVACY and replaces org name with “Private by Design, LLC”. For notpushk.in, it does show my country (RU... looks like I haven’t updated my address in a while lol) but everything else is redacted, too. Spaceship on the other hand doesn’t bother and returns only this tiny response: Domain Name: lunni.dev Registry Domain ID: 4AF9AE073-DEV Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.nic.google Registrar URL: None Updated Date: 2025-03-10T13:01:35Z Creation Date: 2022-12-11T02:30:54Z Registry Expiry Date: 2025-12-11T02:30:54Z Registrar: Spaceship, Inc. Registrar IANA ID: 3862 Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse@spaceship.com Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.6027723958 Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited Name Server: coco.bunny.net Name Server: kiki.bunny.net DNSSEC: unsigned URL of the ICANN Whois Inaccuracy Complaint Form: https://www.icann.org/wicf/ >>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2025-03-17T17:11:09Z <<< Edit: or, rather, that’s what whois.nic.google returns for a domain registered in Spaceship. Porkbun docs on WHOIS privacy options: https://kb.porkbun.com/article/97-new-whois-privacy-settings-explained https://kb.porkbun.com/article/97-new-whois-privacy-settings...

notpushkin 2y ago

I’ve looked into it a bit more, and turns out there are two options for redacting WHOIS data: - “Privacy service”, which is these funky named LLCs replacing your data in the WHOIS - Just the redaction, which replaces almost all data with REDACTED FOR PRIVACY (except for registrant's country, state, and organization name). No idea why or how any of this works! Apparently, Porkbun does both: on my another domain, aedge.dev, it shows REDACTED FOR PRIVACY and replaces org name with “Private by Design, LLC”. For notpushk.in, it does show my country (RU... looks like I haven’t updated my address in a while lol) but everything else is redacted, too. Spaceship on the other hand doesn’t bother and returns only this tiny response: Domain Name: lunni.dev Registry Domain ID: 4AF9AE073-DEV Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.nic.google Registrar URL: None Updated Date: 2025-03-10T13:01:35Z Creation Date: 2022-12-11T02:30:54Z Registry Expiry Date: 2025-12-11T02:30:54Z Registrar: Spaceship, Inc. Registrar IANA ID: 3862 Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse@spaceship.com Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.6027723958 Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited Name Server: coco.bunny.net Name Server: kiki.bunny.net DNSSEC: unsigned URL of the ICANN Whois Inaccuracy Complaint Form: https://www.icann.org/wicf/ >>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2025-03-17T17:11:09Z <<< Edit: or, rather, that’s what whois.nic.google returns for a domain registered in Spaceship. Porkbun docs on WHOIS privacy options: https://kb.porkbun.com/article/97-new-whois-privacy-settings-explained https://kb.porkbun.com/article/97-new-whois-privacy-settings...