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Whois as most of us are going to use it
is a web based application to query a database in order to determine
if a domain is available for purchase or if it is already sold. If
the domain is sold. the whois report will return the details
of the domain and the ownership of it.
The details of the domain
registration are public information and can be retrieved from one or
more databases unless the privacy option has been added when
registering. Adding a privacy package after the domain has been
registered for a while will not insure privacy as the listing may
already be in one or more of the databases.
There is an excellent
article which will tell you more than you ever want to know.
If you would like to see how it works
we have one of the many Whois scripts installed on this server.
Take MrWhois for a test
drive. It will open in a new window.
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