[dns-operations] Safe public whois site/tool?

[Viktor Dukhovni]

> On Mar 5, 2019, at 8:50 PM, Doug Barton <dougb at dougbarton.email> wrote:
> 
> Is there a safe place for me to send folks to look up domain names? I'm particularly interested in a way for folks to determine if a name is registered, or available.
> 
> https://whois.domaintools.com looks promising, but I don't have direct experience with domaintools.com.

I would be very surprised to learn that icann.org is front-running
domain registration requests:

   https://whois.icann.org/en

-- 
	Viktor.