Registrars with Passprotected whois searches

[Chicken]

I was just wondering, when you whois some domains, such as domains registered at Godaddy, etc., limited information is returned and you are forced to go to the registrar's site and perform the whois there. Once you enter in the domain, you have to enter a 6-digit number (seen via graphics).

I imagine this is to prevent leeching from the whois database, and my question is, for those who have domains at places like Godaddy and other places, do you feel this works? I do many whois searches and while I find it partially annoying, if it actually does something then all registrars should use a similar system (I know Itsyourdomain has someting similar to the Godaddy type vertification).

[allan]

Chicken, I might be wrong, but I think the GoDaddy protection only applies to web-based searches. I am pretty sure I have looked at the full information for GoDaddy domains from the command line.

[Chicken]

Hmmm.. I'll have to try that, as it is rather annoying to have to type in the code every time. If it really prevents something, well then, I'm all for it. I'm not sure that it does however.

[Akash]

Originally posted by allan
Chicken, I might be wrong, but I think the GoDaddy protection only applies to web-based searches. I am pretty sure I have looked at the full information for GoDaddy domains from the command line.

Yup..GoDaddy isn't 100% foolproof as it had advertised to be (when it introduced the password protection).

But yes I think it does work to a point. Spammers will get one of your email addresses one way or another

[interactive]

Originally posted by Chicken
I was just wondering, when you whois some domains, such as domains registered at Godaddy, etc., limited information is returned and you are forced to go to the registrar's site and perform the whois there. Once you enter in the domain, you have to enter a 6-digit number (seen via graphics).

I imagine this is to prevent leeching from the whois database, and my question is, for those who have domains at places like Godaddy and other places, do you feel this works? I do many whois searches and while I find it partially annoying, if it actually does something then all registrars should use a similar system (I know Itsyourdomain has someting similar to the Godaddy type vertification).

I agree it is. But I think that they do it to get traffic to there site. Which turns into sales.

[allan]

Originally posted by interactive
I agree it is. But I think that they do it to get traffic to there site. Which turns into sales.

I don't think so, because there are too many places where you can do a whois search without those restrictions. I think they do it because web traffic is more expensive than network traffic.

[Chicken]

Originally posted by interactive
I agree it is. But I think that they do it to get traffic to there site. Which turns into sales.
Now that's an interesting take on it. I've never thought about that, and honestly, I might not have ever gone to the Godaddy site had I got the info. Hmmmm...

If that's the case, well then, that's a smart one... though still annoying :D

[nameslave]

Do a whois search at perfectname.com (NOT my site) and you'll see how they actually penetrate into GoDaddy's password-protected database.

[Chicken]

Now how did they do that? That works wonderfully, and easier than going to Godaddy and typing in the code. Perfect name is a good site, except I'm poor :cry:

[VoxKeysGtr]

Originally posted by interactive
I agree it is. But I think that they do it to get traffic to there site. Which turns into sales.

It is annoying and not an effective way to keep spammers from harvesting addresses. Like someone mentioned, spammers will get your name one way or another. This reason, however, makes perfect sense. Good post, interactive. :cool: