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For .com and .net names using the above method Verisign GRS has access to that info. There is nothing to prevent whois.verisign-grs.net (or the others they oper
by larrys 14y ago
For .com and .net names using the above method Verisign GRS has access to that info. There is nothing to prevent whois.verisign-grs.net (or the others they operate) from logging your request -or- from someone sniffing it by other means (it's plaintext after all).
- uxp 14y agoSomeone sniffing my line, while is of much greater concern, is also much less likely to occur. GoDaddy (or any other whois website frontend for that matter) automating registrations if a whois lookup purchase isn't made immediately is much more likely, purely on a practical level.