Exercise – getting the most from WHOIS

  1. At the Kali NetHunter Terminal, type whois <domainname>, for example:
whois usatoday.com 

The output will show you all the publicly-accessible information about the registration of the domain name, such as the person who did the registration, contact details for the company, the company's address, and the domain creation, renewal, and expiration date:

Results of WHOIS for verisign

Domain registrars usually provide an option for privacy to their customers. This would restrict a purchaser's information from being made available for public records.

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