Variable: whois-server-tld

whois-server-tld is a customizable variable defined in net-utils.el.gz.

Value

(("whois.verisign-grs.com" . "com")
 ("whois.verisign-grs.com" . "net")
 ("whois.pir.org" . "org")
 ("whois.ripe.net" . "be")
 ("whois.ripe.net" . "de")
 ("whois.ripe.net" . "dk")
 ("whois.ripe.net" . "it")
 ("whois.ripe.net" . "fi")
 ("whois.ripe.net" . "fr")
 ("whois.ripe.net" . "uk")
 ("whois.iis.se" . "se")
 ("whois.iis.nu" . "nu")
 ("whois.apnic.net" . "au")
 ("whois.apnic.net" . "ch")
 ("whois.apnic.net" . "hk")
 ("whois.apnic.net" . "jp")
 ("whois.eu" . "eu")
 ("whois.nic.gov" . "gov")
 ("whois.nic.mil" . "mil"))

Documentation

Alist to map top level domains to whois servers.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/net/net-utils.el.gz
;; FIXME: modern whois clients include a much better tld <-> whois server
;; list, Emacs should probably avoid specifying the server as the client
;; will DTRT anyway... -rfr
;; I'm not sure about the above FIXME.  It seems to me that we should
;; just check the Root Zone Database maintained at:
;;     https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db
;; For example:  whois -h whois.iana.org .se | grep whois
(defcustom whois-server-tld
  '(("whois.verisign-grs.com" . "com")
    ("whois.verisign-grs.com" . "net")
    ("whois.pir.org" . "org")
    ("whois.ripe.net" . "be")
    ("whois.ripe.net" . "de")
    ("whois.ripe.net" . "dk")
    ("whois.ripe.net" . "it")
    ("whois.ripe.net" . "fi")
    ("whois.ripe.net" . "fr")
    ("whois.ripe.net" . "uk")
    ("whois.iis.se" . "se")
    ("whois.iis.nu" . "nu")
    ("whois.apnic.net" . "au")
    ("whois.apnic.net" . "ch")
    ("whois.apnic.net" . "hk")
    ("whois.apnic.net" . "jp")
    ("whois.eu" . "eu")
    ("whois.nic.gov" . "gov")
    ("whois.nic.mil" . "mil"))
  "Alist to map top level domains to whois servers."
  :type '(repeat (cons string string)))