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Nominet Releases Reverse Whois System

Nominet releases full version of reverse whois system.

Nominet just released a full production version of what essentially amounts to a reverse whois tool for .uk domain names.

[Update: the service has been around for a while but Nominet just released a fresh version, counting similarity searching and email alerts.]

Public Register Search Service lets users search for domain names registered by a particular legal entity and/or those of a similar name.

This is very similar to what DomainTools offers with its reverse whois aka registrant lookup, although in this case the data is coming directly from the registry and only works for .uk domain names.

Nominet states the tool is designed for:

-establishing or defending intellectual property rights
-maintaining your domain portfolio
-gathering information for domain arbitration
-academic research
-detecting and protecting against crime
-government functions and administration of justice
-detecting and preventing against the use of false identities

The service costs £400+ VAT per year and is available for anyone in the European Economic Area (EEA).

A beta version of the tool was released last fall.

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