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#GoDaddy and WHOIS : Unilateral decision affects #DomainTools data

Posted by on April 6, 2018, at 3:53 pm 

The unilateral decision by GoDaddy to disable port 43 WHOIS lookups, has been affecting DomainTools and its professional services. GoDaddy stated it’s a much-needed line of defense against “unscrupulous spammers,” but it seems they are throwing out the baby with the bathwater in this case. This isn’t a prelude of GDPR, that seeks to address […]

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#DomainTools in agreement with #GoDaddy over stunted #WHOIS ?

Posted by on January 16, 2018, at 1:18 pm 

GoDaddy is going forward with a scandalous decision to filter WHOIS output from port 43 and third party tool queries, on January 25th. WHOIS output on the GoDaddy web site will be supported using a captcha as an anti-spam protection mechanism; in an email, GoDaddy claimed that the draconian measure will help limit spammer’s access […]

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