Each site is served by a specific hosting provider. Sometimes it becomes necessary to find out which one. For this, there are both special programs and sites that allow you to get this information directly from the browser.
Instructions
Step 1
If you are using a Linux operating system, use the console whois utility. It is included with almost any distribution of this OS. Enter it using the following syntax:
whois domain name of the second level
For example, the result of using this command on a site looks like this:
$ whois kakprosto.ru
% By submitting a query to RIPN's Whois Service
% you agree to abide by the following terms of use:
% https://www.ripn.net/about/servpol.html#3.2 (in Russian
% https://www.ripn.net/about/en/servpol.html#3.2 (in English)
domain: KAKPROSTO. RU
nserver: ns.rusbeauty.ru.
nserver: ns4.rusbeauty.ru.
state: REGISTERED, DELEGATED, VERIFIED
org: LLC 'RelevantMedia'
phone: +7 495 9802240
fax-no: +7 495 9802240
e-mail: [email protected]
registrar: RU-CENTER-REG-RIPN
created: 2008.07.03
paid-till: 2012.07.03
source: TCI
Last updated on 2011.09.10 19:18:42 MSK / MSD
Step 2
If you do not have a whois utility on your Linux computer, download the package from the following links, depending on the distribution you are using:
ftp://dan.drydog.com/pub/swhoisd/whois-4.5.7-1.i386.rp
If you only use Windows, download the version of this utility designed for this operating system from the following link:
The procedure for using this version of the utility is the same.
Step 3
To find out information about the provider serving the site directly from the browser, regardless of the operating system (even from a mobile phone), use a special online service, for example, one of these:
Step 4
Perhaps, after checking the second-level domain name, you will receive information of the following nature:
$ whois inexistentdomainname.com
Whois Server Version 2.0
Domain names in the.com and.net domains can now be registered
with many different competing registrars. Go t
for detailed information.
No match for "INEXISTENTDOMAINNAME. COM".
>> Last update of whois database: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 15:35:38 UTC <<<
This means that no such domain name exists yet. If you would like to acquire a new second-level domain name, check in this way whether one or another of them is occupied or free.
