Whois Service definition

Whois Service means the protocol used to provide a public information service in relation to data in a registry.
Whois Service means the Registry Operator Whois Services described in Appendix O of the Registry Agreement.
Whois Service means a service via the intermediation of which information regarding Domain Names and Registrants is transmitted in the public data communication network.

Examples of Whois Service in a sentence

  • The data provided by the Whois Service will be updated on at least a daily basis.

  • The committed Performance Specification for Whois Service is 99.4% measured in Monthly Timeframes.

  • The Whois Service will, on average, be able to handle 50 queries per second.

  • The Whois Service will have a maximum whois query response time of 1.5 seconds.

  • Failure of the Whois Service to respond to three (3) consecutive rcPing commands initiated by the Registry Operator at regular intervals within such maximum processing time shall mean the Whois Service is considered unavailable.


More Definitions of Whois Service

Whois Service means the information service made available on TCP port 43 on selected servers.
Whois Service means the service provided by DOT DM to the public, as described in Paragraph 3 of this Policy, which is available at http://www.nic.dm/whois.php
Whois Service means the information service made available via the Web-based Whois Service and on TCP port 43 on selected servers.
Whois Service means the information service made available via the Web-based Whois Service and on TCP port 43 on selected servers. 2. Credits Service Level Agreement Matrix Parameter SLR (monthly basis) DNS DNS service availability 0 min downtime = 100% availability DNS name server availability ≤ 432 min of downtime (≈ 99%) TCP DNS resolution RTT ≤ 1500 ms, for at least 95% of the queries UDP DNS resolution RTT ≤ 500 ms, for at least 95% of the queries DNS update time ≤ 60 min, for at least 95% of the probes Whois Whois availability ≤ 864 min of downtime (≈ 98%) Whois query RTT ≤ 2000 ms, for at least 95% of the queries Whois update time ≤ 60 min, for at least 95% of the probes EPP EPP service availability ≤ 864 min of downtime (≈ 98%) EPP session-command RTT ≤ 4000 ms, for at least 90% of the commands EPP query-command RTT ≤ 2000 ms, for at least 90% of the commands EPP transform-command RTT ≤ 4000 ms, for at least 90% of the commands Registry Operator is encouraged to do maintenance for the different services at the times and dates of statistically lower traffic for each service. However, note that there is no provision for planned outages or similar; any downtime, be it for maintenance or due to system failures, will be noted simply as downtime and counted for SLA purposes.
Whois Service means the Whois Service described in Appendix 5 of the Registry Agreement.
Whois Service means the service, made available by the Registry, by which certain information relating to active Domain Names registered in a particular TLD can be consulted.
Whois Service means an interactive, query-based and publicly accessible Internet utility that returns information about the ownership, contact details and availability of a domain name or IP address.