------------------------------------------------ $ whois amazon.com
Whois Server Version 2.0
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AMAZON.COM.ZZZZZ.GET.LAID.AT.WWW.SWINGINGCOMMUNITY.COM AMAZON.COM.MORE.INFO.AT.WWW.BEYONDWHOIS.COM AMAZON.COM.IS.N0T.AS.1337.AS.WWW.GULLI.COM AMAZON.COM ------------------------------------------------
This result means that you urgently need to get a better WHOIS client. Yours is probably querying com.whois-servers.net which is an alias of whois.verisign-grs.com which, for some reason, by default returns the names of all the entities in their database that matches your search string. If you prefix the string with an = sign, it dumps the full entries, which you can see are three name servers with silly names and one perfectly normal registration for amazon.com. R's, John Server Name: AMAZON.COM.ZZZZZ.GET.LAID.AT.WWW.SWINGINGCOMMUNITY.COM IP Address: 69.41.185.219 Registrar: INNERWISE, INC. D/B/A ITSYOURDOMAIN.COM Whois Server: whois.itsyourdomain.com Referral URL: http://www.itsyourdomain.com Server Name: AMAZON.COM.MORE.INFO.AT.WWW.BEYONDWHOIS.COM IP Address: 203.36.226.2 Registrar: TUCOWS INC. Whois Server: whois.tucows.com Referral URL: http://domainhelp.opensrs.net Server Name: AMAZON.COM.IS.N0T.AS.1337.AS.WWW.GULLI.COM IP Address: 80.190.192.24 Registrar: EPAG DOMAINSERVICES GMBH Whois Server: whois.enterprice.net Referral URL: http://www.enterprice.net Domain Name: AMAZON.COM Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC. Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com Referral URL: http://www.networksolutions.com Name Server: UDNS1.ULTRADNS.NET Name Server: UDNS2.ULTRADNS.NET Status: clientDeleteProhibited Status: clientTransferProhibited Status: clientUpdateProhibited Updated Date: 28-mar-2008 Creation Date: 01-nov-1994 Expiration Date: 31-oct-2017