A few domain name registrars that are already masking or blocking whois

[JulienJ]

Here is what GoDaddy is masking on each domain name record and how:

Registrant Name: ******** ********
Registrant Phone: **********
Registrant Email: ********@*****.***

or when an IP is banned:

Registrant Name: ******** ******** (see Notes section below on how to view unmasked data)
For complete domain details go to:
http://who.godaddy.com/whoischeck.aspx?domain=******.COM

007names.com

Here is what 007names is masking on each domain name record and how:

Registrant Name: ***** *******
Registrant Phone: +*.**********
Registrant Email: *****@******************.***



Blocking whois access in wport 43

I was blocked by many registrars during this research. Blocking means that after 5 or 10 whois inquiries to a registrar on port 43, I stop receiving any whois details. NONE of the registrars state their rules on how many connections I can do on port 43 and how frequent these connections can be so I don’t get banned.

I was banned/blocked by:

godaddy.com
wildwestdomains.com
bluerazor.com
uniregistrar.com
tucowsdomains.com
networksolutions.com
fiducia.lv
easydns.com
dynadot.com

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