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==Whois History==

==Whois History==

During the foundational period of the Internet the only organization which was responsible with the administration of domain name registrations was [[DARPA]]. As the Internet grew in the 1980s, the Whois system appeared with the purpose of administering and looking-up domain names, registrars, registrants and other resources which were related to the domain name registration. Over time the number of [[gTLD]]s significantly increased, which led to complex networks of registrars and related associations; in response the Whois servers became stronger and less permissive.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whois Whois History]</ref>

During the foundational period of the Internet the only organization which was responsible with the administration of domain name registrations was [[DARPA]]. As the Internet grew in the 1980s, the Whois system appeared with the purpose of administering and looking-up domain names, registrars, registrants and other resources which were related to the domain name registration. But at that time there was only the one organization registering domains, so the system acted as a centralized query-based server. Over time the number of [[gTLD]]s significantly increased, which led to complex networks of registrars and related associations; in response the Whois servers became stronger and less permissive.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whois Whois History]</ref>

== Whois Purpose==

== Whois Purpose==