Re: Whois still showing "Available"

From: bill@daze.net
Date: Mon Dec 03 2001 - 18:18:20 EST


> Re: Whois still showing "Available" What happens if someone else
> registers the domain name with another company because their who-is
> shows "Available"???

Whois is not used to check domain availability, so someone won't be able
to register a domain at another company that has already been
registered. The actual registry database, which is real-time is used to
check availability.



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