Registry
- Orgnization that manages top level domains
- Example
- VeriSign manages .com domains
Registrar
- Accredited company that sells domains
- May have ability to sell top level domain: gTLDs (.com, .net, .etc)
- May have ability to sell country-code top-level domains ccTLDs (.pl, .au)
- Examples
- godaddy.com
- home.pl
Registrant
- Person or company that registers a domain
Thin WHOIS
- Domain contact information held by registrar
- Used by .COM and .NET
Thick WHOIS
- Holds all contact information
Status
- clientHold - domain suspended
- clientTransferProhibited - domain is locked and cannot be transferred
- must be unlocked first
References
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