WHOIS Test Data by Rick Moen, rick@linuxmafia.com revision 2007-08-13 v2 This is a file of notes and test data for public WHOIS databases concerning all extant, IANA-recognised top-level domains (TLDs). Primary source for currently valid domains and their TCP port 43 WHOIS servers is thus IANA: http://www.iana.org/root-whois/ Country-Code TLDS (ccTLDs) http://www.iana.org/gtld/gtld.htm Generic TLDs (gTLDs) IANA's information about TLDs' WHOIS servers is often fallible and incomplete. E.g., a/o 2007-08-08, IANA incorrectly shows "none listed" for .dm's WHOIS server, and incorrectly shows .ae as having only Web-based service. I've attempted to augment and correct IANA's data, from my own testing. Also, one should note that "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.[TLD]" URLs at Wikipedia often have better and more-current information than IANA does. See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_top-level_domains http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Country_code_top-level_domains http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_code_top-level_domain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Generic_top-level_domains http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_top-level_domain All port-43 whois servers listed have been verified to exist, be reachable, and give at least somewhat useful return data. The "Test Case" column gives FQDNs known to currently exist, within the domains shown (i.e., useful for testing scripts that use the whois or jwhois client utilities). Starred (*) domains are those on which Ben Okopnik's domain-check script is known to be useful for checking expiration dates. TLD WHOIS server Test Case Remarks --- ------------ -------- ------ ac whois.nic.ac nic.ac No expiration dates. Vestigial. ad [none] nic.ad ae whois.nic.ae nic.ae No expiration dates. WHOIS host is aka whois.uaenic.ae. af [none] nic.af Registration info, but no whois: http://www.nic.af/. No WHOIS server at whois.nic.af, as claimed. ag* whois.nic.ag nic.ag ai whois.offshore.ai nic.ai No expiration dates. al [none] inima.al Not at WHOIS whois.ripe.net, as claimed. am whois.amnic.net nic.am No expiration dates. an [none] una.an ao [Web-only] dns.ao http://www.dns.ao/ aq [none] com.aq http://www.com.aq/ exists. ar [Web-only] www.nic.ar Not at WHOIS www.nic.ar, as claimed (returns Apache error) as whois.nic.as nic.as No expiration dates. at whois.nic.at nic.at No expiration dates. asn.au whois.ausregistry.net.au com.au whois.ausregistry.net.au id.au whois.ausregistry.net.au net.au whois.ausregistry.net.au org.au whois.ausregistry.net.au au whois.aunic.net auda.org.au No expiration dates. WHOIS server handles the rest of .au. aw [none] setarnet.aw ax [none] www.regeringen.ax az [none] domain.az Not at WHOIS whois.ripe.net, as claimed. ba [Web-only] nic.ba http://www.nic.ba/. Not at WHOIS whois.ripe.net, as claimed. bb [Web-only] domains.org.bb http://domains.org.bb/ bd [Web-only] bttb.net.bd http://www.bttb.net.bd/bd_search.php be whois.dns.be nic.be No expiration dates. bf [none] onatel.bf bg whois.register.bg www.bg No expiration dates. bh [Web-only] batelco.com.bh http://www.inet.com.bh bi [Web-only] nic.bi http://www.nic.bi/Nic_search.asp . Not at WHOIS www.nic.bi, as claimed. bj whois.nic.bj intnet.bj No expiration dates. bm [Web-only] bercol.bm http://207.228.133.14/cgi-bin/lansaweb?procfun+BMWHO+BMWHO2+WHO . Not at WHOIS rwhois.ibl.bm w/port 4321, as claimed. bn [none] brunet.bn bo [none] nic.bo br whois.registro.br nic.br No expiration dates. Same WHOIS data appears to be offered by whois.nic.br. bs [Web-only] www.bs bt [Web-only] nic.bt bv [none] [none] Domain not in use. Not at WHOIS whois.ripe.net, as claimed. (Bouvet Island) bw [none] btc.bw by [Web-only] cctld.by http://cctld.by/ . Not at WHOIS www.ripe.net, as claimed. bz [Web-only] belizenic.bz http://www.belizenic.bz . Not at WHOIS whois.belizenic.bz, as claimed. ca* whois.cira.ca nic.ca cc* whois.nic.cc enom.cc Registration info, but no whois: http://whois.www.tv/ cd* whois.nic.cd nic.cd cf whois.socatel.cf socatel.cf No expiration dates. cg [Web-only] nic.cg http://www.nic.cg/cgi-bin/whois.pl. . Not at WHOIS www.nic.cg, as claimed. ch whois.nic.ch nic.ch No expiration dates. ci* whois.nic.ci nic.ci WHOIS host is aka www.nic.ci ck [none] telecom.co.ck Not at WHOIS whois.nic.ck, as claimed. cl whois.nic.cl nic.cl No expiration dates. cm whois.ripe.net intelcam.cm No expiration dates. edu.cn whois.edu.cn cn* whois.cnnic.net.cn news.cn WHOIS host for the rest of .cn. co [Web-only] nic.co https://www.nic.co/dominio/ cr [Web-only] nic.cr http://www.nic.cr/ cu [Web-only] nic.cu http://www.nic.cu/ cv [none] isecmar.cv cx* whois.nic.cx nic.cx cy [Web-only] nic.cy http://www.nic.cy/ . Not at WHOIS whois.ripe.net, as claimed. cz* whois.nic.cz nic.cz de whois.denic.de denic.de No expiration dates. www.denic.de dj [none] intenet.dj dk* whois.dk-hostmaster.dk nic.dk dm [Web-only] nic.dm do [Web-only] nic.do http://www.nic.do/whois-hin.php3 dz [Web-only] nic.dz http://www.nic.dz/ . Not at WHOIS whois.nic.do, as claimed. ec [Web-only] nic.ec http://www.nic.ec/ . Not at WHOIS whois.nic.ec, as claimed. ee whois.eenet.ee eenet.ee No expiration dates. eg [none] frcu.eun.eg Not at WHOIS whois.ripe.net, as claimed. eh [none] [none] Domain not in use. (Western Sahara) er [none] tse.com.er es [Web-only] nic.es https://www.nic.es/consultas/whois.html et [none] telecom.net.et eu whois.eu nic.eu No expiration dates. fi* whois.ficora.fi ficora.fi fj whois.domains.fj domains.fj Info at port-43 WHOIS server is useless. http://domains.fj/ has real data. fm [Web-only] last.fm http://www.dot.fm/ fo whois.ripe.net nic.fo No expiration dates. fr whois.nic.fr nic.fr No expiration dates. ga [none] inet.ga gb [none] [none] Being phased out. gd whois.adamsnames.com grenada.gd No expiration dates. ge [none] [none] gf [none] [none] gg whois.channelisles.net nic.gg No expiration dates. gh [Web-only] www.ghana.com.gh http://www.ghana.com.gh/ gi* whois2.afilias-grs.net nic.gi gl [Web-only] nic.gl http://search.greennet.gl/cgi-bin/dnscheck/dnscheck.pl gm [Web-only] nic.gm http://www.nic.gm/htmlpages%5Cwhois.htm gn [none] [none] gp whois.nic.gp nic.gp No expiration dates. gq [none] [none] gr [Web-only] www.gr https://grweb.ics.forth.gr/whois_el.jsp gs* whois.nic.gs nic.gs gt [Web-only] www.gt http://www.gt/whois.htm gu [none] [none] gw [none] [none] Registration info, but no whois: http://www.nic.gw gy* whois.registry.gy registry.gy hk* whois.hkirc.hk news.hk WHOIS is aka whois.hkdnr.net.hk hm* whois.registry.hm news.hm hn* whois2.afilias-grs.net nic.hn hr [none] dns.hr ht [Web-only] nic.ht http://www.nic.ht/utilisateurs/ hu www.nic.hu nic.hu id [Web-only] register.net.id https://register.net.id/ ie* whois.domainregistry.ie nic.ie il* whois.isoc.org.il isoc.org.il im whois.nic.im nic.im No expiration data. Vestigial. in* whois.inregistry.net nic.in io whois.nic.io nic.io No expiration data. Vestigial. iq [none] dns-server.iq ir whois.nic.ir nic.ir No expiration data. is* whois.isnic.is nic.is it* whois.nic.it nic.it je whois.channelisles.net nic.gg No expiration dates. jm [none] ns.jm jo [Web-only] nic.gov.jo http://www.dns.jo/Whois.aspx jp* whois.jprs.jp nic.jp ke* whois.kenic.or.ke kenic.or.ke kg [Web-only] domain.kg http://www.domain.kg/whois.html kh [none] dns.net.kh ki* whois.nic.ki nic.ki km [Web-only] domaine.km http://www.domaine.km/accueil.php kn [none] [none] kp kcce.kp kcce.kp kr* whois.nic.or.kr news.or.kr WHOIS is aka whois.krnic.net kw [Web-only] www.kw http://www.kw/ ky [Web-only] nic.ky http://www.icta.ky/da_ky.php kz whois.nic.kz nic.kz No expiration data. la* whois.nic.la nic.la lb [Web-only] aub.edu.lb http://www.aub.edu.lb/lbdr/ lc [Web-only] nic.lc http://www.nic.lc/whois.htm li whois.nic.li nic.li No expiration data. lk [Web-only] nic.lk http://www.nic.lk/ lr [none] [none] ls [none] denver.co.ls lt whois.domreg.lt domreg.lt No expiration data. lu whois.dns.lu dns.lu No expiration data. lv whois.nic.lv nic.lv No expiration data. ly* whois.nic.ly nic.ly ma whois.iam.net.ma nic.ma No expiration data. mc [Web-only] nic.mc http://www.netspace.mc/zonecheck/ZoneCheck-us.html md [Web-only] register.md http://www.register.md/ me [Web-only] nic.me http://www.nic.me/ Not at whois.nic.me, as claimed. mg [none] [none] Registration info, but no whois: http://www.nic.mg/ mh [Web-only] nic.net.mh http://www.nic.net.mh/ mk [none] mpt.com.mk Registration info, but no whois: http://www.mpt.com.mk/ ml [none] sotelma.ml Registration info, but no whois: http://www.sotelma.ml/ mm [none] [none] mn [Web-only] nic.mn http://www.nic.mn/ mo [Web-only] monic.net.mo http://www.monic.net.mo/page.php?m=2&n=1 mp [none] nic.mp mq [none] [none] mr [none] nic.mr Registration info, but no whois: http://www.nic.mr/ ms whois.adamsnames.tc nic.ms No expiration data. mt [Web-only] nic.org.mt http://www.nic.org.mt mu* 203.119.12.22 nic.mu mv [none] dhiraagu.com.mv Registration info, but no whois: http://www.dhivehinet.net.mv/ mw [Web-only] registrar.mw http://www.registrar.mw/ mx whois.nic.mx nic.mx my* whois.mynic.net.my mynic.net.my mz [none] [none] Registration application: http://www.gobin.info/domainname/mz-template.doc na whois.na-nic.com.na na-nic.com.na No expiration data. nc [Web-only] domaine.nc http://www.domaine.nc/en/whois.html ne [none] intnet.ne Registration info, but no whois: http://www.intnet.ne/internet.html nf [Web-only] secure.nf https://secure.nf/ ng whois.register.net.ng register.net.ng No expiration data. ni [none] [none] nl whois.domain-registry.nl domain-registry.nl No expiration data. no whois.norid.no norid.no No expiration data. np [Web-only] mos.com.np http://www.register.com.np/ nr [Web-only] cenpac.net.nr http://www.cenpac.net.nr/dns/ nu* whois.nic.nu tv.nu nz* whois.srs.net.nz dnc.org.nz om [none] omantel.net.om pa [Web-only] nic.pa http://www.nic.pa/ pe [Web-only] nic.pe http://www.nic.pe/formulario-web.htm pf [none] mana.pf pg [none] tiare.net.pg ph [Web-only] domains.ph http://www.domains.ph/ pk [Web-only] pknic.net.pk http://www.pknic.net.pk/ pl [Web-only] dns.pl http://www.dns.pl/cgi-bin/en_whois.pl pm whois.nic.pm nic.pm No expiration data. Registrations currently suspended. pn [Web-only] government.pn http://www.government.pn/PnRegistry/PnRegistry.htm pr [Web-only] nic.pr http://www.nic.pr/index.asp?f=1 ps [Web-only] nic.ps http://www.nic.ps/ pt* whois.dns.pt lisboa.pt pw [Web-only] www.pw http://www.pw/ py [Web-only] nic.py http://www.nic.py/ qa [none] qtel.com.qa re whois.nic.re nic.re No expiration data. ro whois.rotld.ro rotld.ro No expiration data. rs [Web-only] nic.rs http://www.nic.rs/en/whois ru* whois.ripn.net nic.ru rw [Web-only] nic.rw http://www.nic.rw/cgi-bin/whois.pl sa whois.nic.net.sa nic.net.sa No expiration data. sb whois.nic.net.sb nic.net.sb No expiration data. sc* whois2.afilias-grs.net nic.sc sd [Web-only] sdnic.sd http://www.sdnic.sd/ se* whois.iis.se nic.se sg* whois.nic.net.sg nic.sg sh [Web-only] nic.sh http://www.nic.sh/new.html. WHOIS server at whois.nic.sh exists, but is non-helpful. si whois.arnes.si arnes.si No expiration data. sj [none] [none] Domain not in use. (Svalbard and Jan Mayen) sk* whois.sk-nic.sk nic.sk sl [none] sierra.sl sm [none] nic.sm Registration info, but no whois: http://www.nic.sm/ sn [none] nic.sn so [none] wcd.so Domain effectively disabled at TLD nameservers. sr [none] telesur.sr Registration info, but no whois: http://www.register.sr/ st whois.nic.st nic.st No expiration data. su* whois.ripn.net nic.su Being phased out (or not; changeable) sv [none] svnet.org.sv Registration info, but no whois: http://www.svnet.org.sv/ sy [none] ste.gov.sy sz [none] sispa.org.sz tc whois.adamsnames.tc adamsnames.tc No expiration data. td [none] sotel.td tf whois.nic.tf nic.tf No expiration data. tg [Web-only] nic.tg http://www.nic.tg/ th [Web-only] thnic.co.th http://www.thnic.net/index.php?page=whois tj [Web-only] nic.tj http://www.nic.tj/ tk* whois.dot.tk dot.tk tl* whois.nic.tl nic.tl tm [Web-only] nic.tm http://www.nic.tm/whois.html. WHOIS service at whois.nic.tm exists, but is non-helpful. tn [Web-only] ati.tn http://whois.ati.tn/ to [Web-only] tonic.to http://www.tonic.to/ tp [none] [none] Probably deactivated: See .tl. tr* whois.nic.tr metu.edu.tr WHOIS is aka whois.metu.edu.tr tt [Web-only] nic.tt http://www.nic.tt/cgi-bin/search.pl tv* whois.nic.tv nic.tv Not at WHOIS whois.www.tv, as claimed. tw* whois.twnic.net.tw twnic.net.tw tz [none] [none] Registration info, but no whois: http://www.psg.com/dns/tz/ ua whois.net.ua net.ua No expiration data. ug whois.co.ug registry.co.ug No expiration data. uk* whois.nic.uk harrods.co.uk WHOIS server for all subdomains except gov.uk and ac.uk. uk* whois.ja.net ox.ac.uk WHOIS server for gov.uk and ac.uk subdomains only. um [none] nic.um Registration info (none accepted at this time), but no whois: http://www.nic.um/ us* whois.nic.us nic.us uy [Web-only] nic.org.uy http://www.nic.org.uy/ uz* whois.cctld.uz baho.uz va [none] vatican.va vc* whois2.afilias-grs.net nic.vc ve whois.nic.ve nic.ve No expiration data. vg whois.adamsnames.tc play.vg No expiration data. vi [Web-only] nic.vi http://www.nic.vi/whoisform.htm vn [Web-only] tenmien.vn http://www.tenmien.vn/ vu [Web-only] vunic.vu http://www.vunic.vu/whois.html wf whois.nic.wf nic.wf No expiration data. ws whois.website.ws samoanic.ws No expiration data. ye [none] net.ye Regstration info, but no whois: http://www.y.net.ye/services/domain_name.htm yt [none] [none] Not open for registration. yu [Web-only] nic.yu http://www.nic.yu/index-e.html za [Web-only] zadna.org/za http://www.zadna.org.za/slds.html zm [none] zamnet.zm zw [none] uz.ac.zw aero* whois.aero nic.aero arpa whois.iana.org iris.arpa No expiration data. asia [none] nic.asia WHOIS not at whois.nic.asia. Registration info, but no whois: http://www.dotasia.org/ biz* whois.biz nic.biz WHOIS host is aka whois.neulevel.biz. cat* whois.cat nic.cat br.com whois.centralnic.net cn.com whois.centralnic.net de.com whois.centralnic.net eu.com whois.centralnic.net gb.com whois.centralnic.net hu.com whois.centralnic.net jpn.com whois.centralnic.net kr.com whois.centralnic.net no.com whois.centralnic.net qc.com whois.centralnic.net ru.com whois.centralnic.net sa.com whois.centralnic.net se.com whois.centralnic.net uk.com whois.centralnic.net us.com whois.centralnic.net uy.com whois.centralnic.net web.com whois.centralnic.net za.com whois.centralnic.net com* whois.verisign-grs.com nic.com WHOIS host for the rest of .com. coop* whois.nic.coop rei.coop edu* whois.educause.net educause.edu WHOIS is aka whois.educause.edu gov whois.nic.gov nic.gov No expiration dates. info* whois.afilias.net nic.info WHOIS is aka whois.afilias.info int whois.iana.org un.int No expiration dates. jobs* jobswhois.verisign-grs.com nic.jobs mil [none] nic.mil mobi* whois.dotmobiregistry.net nic.mobi museum*whois.museum nic.museum name whois.nic.name nic.name No expiration dates. gb.net whois.centralnic.net se.net whois.centralnic.net uk.net whois.centralnic.net gb.net whois.centralnic.net net* whois.verisign-grs.com nic.net WHOIS host for the rest of .net. ae.org whois.centralnic.net eu.org whois.eu.org org* whois.pir.org nic.org WHOIS is aka whois.publicinterestregistry.net pro* whois.registrypro.pro nic.pro tel [none] nic.tel travel*whois.nic.travel travel.travel