Whois is a request / response protocol, a database of registered domains. With this database, any user can get detailed information about the domain: information about the employment of the domain, its administrator and IP address.
In this article, we will look at the meaning of fields in Whois for most Ukrainian domains.
Field name
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Description
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domain
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Domain name
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dom-public
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Domain name category. A "YES" mark in this field means that the domain is public, a "NO" mark is a private domain.
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license
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The trademark number on the basis of which the .UA domain name is registered. Only the second level .UA domains contain this field.
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mnt-by
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The ID of the registrar that serves the domain name
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nserver
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The name of the name server that ensures the technical performance of the domain name. Optional field, takes from one to 13 lines. If the domain name of this name server includes the domain name in which it is used, an additional record of such a server is displayed in a separate Glue Records object
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ds-rdata
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An attribute that contains information about a signed delegation record for DNSSEC. Optional field, takes from one to six lines. Each line must contain the following parameters (with a space): key tag, algorithm, digest type, digest
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status
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Domain name status. One or more lines.
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created
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The creation date of the domain name
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modified
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Last date for changes to the domain object
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expires
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Term of registration of a domain name in a registry
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source
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The name of a registry
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The Glue Records contains the following fields:
Field name
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Description
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nserver
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Name server name
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IP-address
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Name server IP address. The record can contain an IPv4 or IPv6 address. Can take from one to 13 lines
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The Registrar entry contains the following required fields:
Field name
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Description
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registrar
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The registrar ID that serves the domain name
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organization
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Name of registrar organization (in English)
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organization-loc
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Name of the registrar organization (in Ukrainian)
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url
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Official registrar's website
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city
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The location of the registrar
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country
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International country code of two Latin letters according to ISO
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abuse-url
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URL-address for sending email appeals to the domain registrar (required field)
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abuse-email
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Contact email address for complaints
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abuse-phone
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Phone number for complaints
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abuse-postal
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Mailing address for complaints in English
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abuse-postal-loc
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Postal address for complaints in Ukrainian (required field)
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source
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The name of a registry
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The record of contacts with the data of the registrant, administrative contact (Admin-c), technical contact (Tech-c) of the domain name contains the following mandatory fields:
Field name
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Description
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person
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Name of contact person
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organization
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Contact person organization (may be missing)
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e-mail
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Email address of the contact person
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address
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Mailing address
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postal-code
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ZIP Code
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country
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International country code of two Latin letters according to ISO
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phone
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Phone number
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mnt-by
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The ID of the registrar who can make changes to the contact information
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status
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Contact status
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created
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Contact creation date
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source
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Conditional name of the register
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For most Ukrainian domains, except .PP.UA, you can choose which data to publish or hide in Whois.
Oleksii Momot
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