Launching RDAP; sunsetting WHOIS(icann.org)
844 points by radeeyate | 331 comments
ICANN announcement about launching the Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) and sunsetting the WHOIS service for domain registration data.
#whois on Hacker News
3 stories tagged whois, newest first.
We spent $20 to achieve RCE and accidentally became the admins of .mobi(labs.watchtowr.com)
1545 points by notmine1337 | 346 comments
watchTowr Labs blog post describing how registering an expired WHOIS server domain for $20 let them take over .mobi WHOIS and reach RCE paths.
How to build a IP geolocation database from scratch?(ipapi.is)
379 points by incolumitas | 134 comments
An ipapi.is documentation page explaining how its IP geolocation database is built from WHOIS data and interpolation, with downloadable IPv4 and IPv6 databases.