Verisign’s Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) pilot is up and running.

Posted bypinkybrandPosted inDomain Investing, Domain Registry Business, Domain Tools, Domaining, ICANNTags:, , , ,

You can now test it for .com and .net.  Afilias also has a pilot for .info.

Kevin Murphy over at DomainIncite sub-headed earlier today that “Verisign and Afilias have become the first two gTLD registries to start publicly testing a replacement for Whois.”

Read Kevin’s article here.

As mentioned by Kevin, the output is in JSON format on the Verisign pilot. So you may want to install a JSON formatter browser extension in order to make sense of the presented data.

He reports the Afilias pilot is similar but does not currently have a friendly web interface.

I agree with Kevin. I think its fairly safe to say that RDAP is going to replace Whois soon.

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I publish to three blogs. One (PinkysEye.com) is related to my lifelong interest in photography, video, travel, and telling stories. The second (PinkyBrand.com) addresses my experiences and opinions in the domain name industry, where I’ve spent the better part of the last 25 years at the registry and registrar levels. The third (iq.global/blog) shares knowledge and updates from iQ Global AS regarding cybersecurity, business intelligence, DNS abuse, DevOps and consulting for the domain name and hosting industries.

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