The list of all .com and .net whois servers?

Question

I\'m trying to find the list of all whois servers for COM/NET. Verisign is the authoritative registry for the .com, .net, .name, .cc and .tv domains.

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Answer 1

If anyone still reads this: As long as Verisign is a 'thin' registry, there will never be a list of whois servers. At least not a reliable one.

Verisign accredits registrars on a daily basis, and each registrar has a whois server of their own. Also, a registrar may decide to change the hostname of their whois server.

You have to make this a two-step process. First, check whois.internic.net for who is in charge of the domain, then query the registrar's whois. Registrars can get that information through the Verisign API (i.e. an extension of the EPP protocol)

I am not even sure what the list could be used for. You certainly do not want to query 1500+ whois servers trying to find the registrar in charge of a given domain