A working group set up by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to thrash out differences over proposed privacy changes to the WHOIS database stopped work last week with ...

As the Internet continues to grow and become an integral part of our lives, so too does the potential for legal abuse by cybervillains. In fact, a new area of concern has arisen involving ...

Tech industry lawyer Mark Bohannon frequently taps a group of searchable databases called Whois to figure out who may be behind a Web site that distributes pirated software or tricks visitors into ...

When you register a domain, the registrar has your identifying information. However, you can choose domain privacy protection if you don’t want the names, addresses, phone numbers, etc. of website ...

Well, personally I've run into a site run by a scam organization. If it wasn't for WHOIS, there was no way I could have found the necessary information to a) drag them into small claims court, and b) ...