Re: Finding the name server owning a domain name

Chris Davies wrote:
> Micha Feigin <michf@post.tau.ac.il> wrote:
>
>> Is there a way to find which domain name server owns a given domain
>> name?
>>
>> I have a friend that got a domain name as a present and he asked me
>> to help him point it in to the right address (it's pointing somewhere
>> else at the moment). The problem is that he doesn't know yet where it
>> is stored, so I am trying to find out where it is stored so that he
>> can ask for the username/password.
>>
>
> That'll be the registrar, then, which you can determine from "whois".
>
> Be aware that there is no guaranteed link between the registrar and the
> nameservers. For example, my own domain is registered with Namesco but
> the nameservers are run by me and Zoneedit.com.
>
>

check out www.dnsstuff.com - lots of tools for tracking down information on a domain (registrar, nameservers, etc.)

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