Whois Gateway
Whois is used to look up records in the main Internic database. Each record has a handle (a unique identifier assigned to it), a name, a record type, and various other fields depending on the type of record.
To use Whois, simply type in your target string (i.e. example.com) and then press Enter (or Return). Please note that requests like "www.example.com" will not yield a correct answer; Whois can query only for second-level domain names.
The default action for Whois, unless directed otherwise with a keyword (e.g. "domain root"), is to do a very broad search, looking for matches to your target in many fields: handle, name, nicknames, hostname, net address, etc, and finding all record types.
Whois then shows the results in one of two ways: as a full, detailed display for a single match (with possible subdisplay), or as one- or two-line summaries for multiple matches.
For Network Solution's Whois, try their Whois gateway.
For top-level domains other than the "big three" (.com, .net, .org), including all known country codes and sub-domains, try the lookup at AllDomains.com.
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Script Revised: July 12, 2001