WHOIS provides some information about internet resources, formalized with RFC 812. This typically includes:
- Domain name
- Registrar
- Registrant contact
- Administrative contact
- Technical contact
- Creation and expiration dates
- Name servers
For web enumeration, WHOIS can identify important contact information, addresses, and some historical data.
$ whois hackthebox.com
% IANA WHOIS server
% for more information on IANA, visit http://www.iana.org
% This query returned 1 object
refer: whois.verisign-grs.com
domain: COM
organisation: VeriSign Global Registry Services
address: 12061 Bluemont Way
address: Reston VA 20190
address: United States of America (the)
contact: administrative
name: Registry Customer Service
organisation: VeriSign Global Registry Services
address: 12061 Bluemont Way
address: Reston VA 20190
address: United States of America (the)
phone: +1 703 925-6999
fax-no: +1 703 948 3978
e-mail: info@verisign-grs.com
contact: technical
name: Registry Customer Service
organisation: VeriSign Global Registry Services
address: 12061 Bluemont Way
address: Reston VA 20190
address: United States of America (the)
phone: +1 703 925-6999
fax-no: +1 703 948 3978
e-mail: info@verisign-grs.com
nserver: A.GTLD-SERVERS.NET 192.5.6.30 2001:503:a83e:0:0:0:2:30
nserver: B.GTLD-SERVERS.NET 192.33.14.30 2001:503:231d:0:0:0:2:30
nserver: C.GTLD-SERVERS.NET 192.26.92.30 2001:503:83eb:0:0:0:0:30
nserver: D.GTLD-SERVERS.NET 192.31.80.30 2001:500:856e:0:0:0:0:30
nserver: E.GTLD-SERVERS.NET 192.12.94.30 2001:502:1ca1:0:0:0:0:30
nserver: F.GTLD-SERVERS.NET 192.35.51.30 2001:503:d414:0:0:0:0:30
nserver: G.GTLD-SERVERS.NET 192.42.93.30 2001:503:eea3:0:0:0:0:30
nserver: H.GTLD-SERVERS.NET 192.54.112.30 2001:502:8cc:0:0:0:0:30
nserver: I.GTLD-SERVERS.NET 192.43.172.30 2001:503:39c1:0:0:0:0:30
nserver: J.GTLD-SERVERS.NET 192.48.79.30 2001:502:7094:0:0:0:0:30
nserver: K.GTLD-SERVERS.NET 192.52.178.30 2001:503:d2d:0:0:0:0:30
nserver: L.GTLD-SERVERS.NET 192.41.162.30 2001:500:d937:0:0:0:0:30
nserver: M.GTLD-SERVERS.NET 192.55.83.30 2001:501:b1f9:0:0:0:0:30
ds-rdata: 19718 13 2 8acbb0cd28f41250a80a491389424d341522d946b0da0c0291f2d3d771d7805a
whois: whois.verisign-grs.com
status: ACTIVE
remarks: Registration information: http://www.verisigninc.com
created: 1985-01-01
changed: 2026-03-10
source: IANA
# whois.verisign-grs.com
Domain Name: HACKTHEBOX.COM
Registry Domain ID: 1589213536_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.registrar.amazon
Registrar URL: http://registrar.amazon.com
Updated Date: 2026-02-11T03:30:44Z
Creation Date: 2010-03-18T03:26:29Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2027-03-18T03:26:29Z
Registrar: Amazon Registrar, Inc.
Registrar IANA ID: 468
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: trustandsafety@support.aws.com
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.2024422253
Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited
Name Server: CODY.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM
Name Server: JILL.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM
DNSSEC: signedDelegation
DNSSEC DS Data: 2371 13 2 94504539EEB9E894BBBD9F27F1A0B6E0BE43E36106EBC14329A34544CD9EC56B
URL of the ICANN Whois Inaccuracy Complaint Form: https://www.icann.org/wicf/
>>> Last update of whois database: 2026-04-22T00:46:00Z <<<
# whois.registrar.amazon
Domain Name: hackthebox.com
Registry Domain ID: 1589213536_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.registrar.amazon
Registrar URL: https://registrar.amazon.com
Updated Date: 2026-02-11T03:30:44Z
Creation Date: 2010-03-18T03:26:29Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2027-03-18T03:26:29Z
Registrar: Amazon Registrar, Inc.
Registrar IANA ID: 468
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: trustandsafety@support.aws.com
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.2024422253
Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited
Registry Registrant ID: Not Available From Registry
Registrant Name: On behalf of hackthebox.com owner
Registrant Organization: Identity Protection Service
Registrant Street: PO Box 786
Registrant City: Hayes
Registrant State/Province: Middlesex
Registrant Postal Code: UB3 9TR
Registrant Country: GB
Registrant Phone: +44.1483307527
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax: +44.1483304031
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email: 6ca220df-81cb-47f3-b9eb-29370e71fea6@identity-protect.org
Registry Tech ID: Not Available From Registry
Tech Name: On behalf of hackthebox.com owner
Tech Organization: Identity Protection Service
Tech Street: PO Box 786
Tech City: Hayes
Tech State/Province: Middlesex
Tech Postal Code: UB3 9TR
Tech Country: GB
Tech Phone: +44.1483307527
Tech Phone Ext:
Tech Fax: +44.1483304031
Tech Fax Ext:
Tech Email: 6ca220df-81cb-47f3-b9eb-29370e71fea6@identity-protect.org
Name Server: CODY.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM
Name Server: JILL.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM
DNSSEC: signedDelegation
URL of the ICANN WHOIS Data Problem Reporting System: http://wdprs.internic.net/
>>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2026-04-22T00:46:08Z <<<