On Mon, Aug 19, 2024 at 04:35:34PM +0000, Andy Smith wrote: > TL;DR: I too find it a little odd that whois says this domain is reserved but > querying the DNS shows that it isn't there at all as I would > usually expect just the NS records to be present in the containing > zone. I can only assume that this registrar allows for registered > zones to not be published at all if one wishes. The whois is > authoritative for what is available to register; the DNS is > authoritative for what you can globally query.
There is no obligation to provide a working name server or serve DNS for a domain name. DNS and name registration are separate. If you want to know if a domain name is available, try to buy it, or try to do a whois on it, but I have found that not all TLDs support whois. But beware... I have seen cases where I have tried to buy a domain and then a short while later, someone else buys it! There is a way to look at who is querying domains even if they don't resolve. Michael Grant
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