Hi!
I have noticed that on my domain when i run whois <domain> it returns a lot of information such as registrar name, abuse contact, creation date… even though i paid extra for “whois privacy.” Then i found that for other domains whois returns a paltry amount of information such as “Malformed request.” or just repeats the domain name and has “status: UNASSIGNABLE”. specifically, one .fail domain and one .it domain. HOWEVER, those minimal whois records for the .it and .fail domains still have valid PTR entries that i can lookup publicly online.
HERE IS THE QUESTION: i want to buy a domain for the sole purpose of having a single A record that points to a corresponding PTR record on the VPS provider. however, i prefer to have the whois record be as minimal as the 2 examples i gave above. how are those whois entries so sparse?
I am doing all this with the goal of hosting a tor exit node. any help is greatly appreciated! have a lovely day!
I have my domains through cloudflare, and they are basically empty:
Domain name: xxxx.uk Data validation: Nominet was not able to match the registrant's name and/or address against a 3rd party source on 06-Jun-2023 Registrar: Cloudflare, Inc. [Tag = CLOUDFLARE] URL: https://cloudflare.com/ Relevant dates: Registered on: 06-Jun-2023 Expiry date: 06-Jun-2026 Last updated: 07-May-2025 Registration status: Registered until expiry date. Name servers: paul.ns.cloudflare.com tia.ns.cloudflare.com Disclaimer Domain name: xxxx.uk Data validation: Nominet was not able to match the registrant's name and/or address against a 3rd party source on 06-Jun-2023 Registrar: Cloudflare, Inc. [Tag = CLOUDFLARE] URL: https://cloudflare.com/ Relevant dates: Registered on: 06-Jun-2023 Expiry date: 06-Jun-2026 Last updated: 07-May-2025 Registration status: Registered until expiry date. Name servers: paul.ns.cloudflare.com tia.ns.cloudflare.com+1 for Cloudflare domains. I’ve got all my domains registered with them, can confirm that there are no identifiable details in the whois table for any of my domains.