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Old 01-17-2006, 03:12 AM  
Ron Bennett
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The VeriSign .com registry database only contains the list of active domains along with their respective name servers, etc.

.com / .net registry use a "thin" registry model - they don't store much beyond the basics required for a domain name to function ... the rest of the data, in particular the registrant, contacts, emails, etc is stored independently by the various registrars.

Supposedly, registrars are supposed to submit their Whois data to ICANN, but not sure how often that happens, or even if that actually happens in reality.

Ron
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