A purly managed .NET component thats able to query and gather whois information. This component uses the sockets namespace for talking and has the ability to download a list of known whois servers. whois query information: name server .INT Whois Service .NU Domain Ltd 6bone Registry A+Net Registrar AdamsNames (.GS, .MS, .TC, .TF, .VG) Alabanza, Inc All West Communications AM Network Information Centre American Registry for Internet Numbers Asia Pacific Network Information Center ASNIC Association Francaise pour le Nommage Internet en Cooperation Association of Research Networks in Iceland Australian Academic and Research Network Austrian Academic Computer Network Baylor College of Medicine Belgian National Research Network Bell Canada Internet Transit Service Cable & Wireless USA California Institute of Technology California State University - Fresno California State University - Hayward California State University - Sacramento Camosun College, Victoria, B.C. CARYNET & HK eDNS Whois server Case Western Reserve University CDNnet Center for Email Technology CenterGate Research Group, LLC Chalmers University of Technology Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics Charles University, Prague Chiba University Chunghwa Telecom CompuServe Interactive Services, Inc Computer Network Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences Connect.com.au Pty Ltd Cook Islands Network Information Centre CORE Internet Council of Registrars Corporation for National Research Initiatives, Knowbot interface Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Danish Computing Centre for Research and Education Darmstadt University of Technology Department of Administrative Services, State of Connecticut DEutsches Network Information Center DoD Network Information Center Domain Council of Sao Tome and Principe Domain Host Services Domainz -- The New Zealand Internet Registry Ltd EasySpace Ltd. Energy Sciences Network eNom, Inc. EUnet, Goya, Spain Fachhochschule Koeln Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Brno Faculty of Elec. Eng. and Computer Sci., Technical Univ. of Brno Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Brno Florida State University Forman Interactive Corp Forschungszentrum Informatik Foundation for Research Development Fundacao para a Computacao Cientifica Nacional Fundacao para a Computacao Cientifica Nacional GARR-NIS c/o CNR-CNUCE George Mason University Georgia Institute of Technology Gettysburg College Harvey Mudd College Helsinki University of Technology Hiroshima University HKNIC HM Domain Registry HTW Zittau/Goerlitz Elektrotechnik/Informatik IBM Imperial College Indian Institute of Science Indiana University Institute of Automatic Control, Warsaw University of Technology Institution for Information Industry Interdyscyplinarne Centrum Modelowania Matematycznego i Komputero Internet a Islandi Internet Domain Registrars interQ Inc. Italian Network Information Center JANET Japan Network Information Center Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Kazahstan Domain Name Registry Keio University Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology Korea Network Information Center Korea Network Information Center Kyrgyzstan TLD Latin America & Caribbean Whois Server Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Loughborough University Maaznet Directory Service Inc. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Melbourne IT Messiah College Middle East Technical University Minnesota State University - Winona Mississippi State University MM-NIC Monash University Morris Automated Information Network Name.Space nameIT na-net (linear algebra on computers) Nara Institute of Science and Technology NASA Ames Research Center NASA Goddard Space Flight Center NASA Headquarters NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA Johnson Space Center NASA Langley Research Center NASA Langley Research Center NASA Marshall Space Flight Center NASA Software Independent Verification & Validation Facility NASA Stennis Space Center NASA White Sands Test Facility National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Centre for Software Technology National Energy Research Supercomputer Center National Research Foundation Naval Research Laboratory NetNames (.AF, .BT, .PW, .TM) NetNation Communications Inc. Network Abuse Clearinghouse Network Information Center - Mexico Network Information Centre Sweden Network Solutions, Inc. Network Solutions, Inc. Network Solutions, Inc. Network Solutions, Inc. (non-MILNET/non-POC) Network Solutions, Inc. for Shared Registration System New Jersey Institute of Technology nic.ac NIC.CC Registration Services NIC.SH Domain Registry NIC-Mexico Nigerian TLD Registration Service NomiNation (.GB.COM, .GB.NET, .UK.COM, .UK.NET) Nominet UK (.UK Domain Registrar) NordNet North Carolina State University North Dakota State University Northern Arizona University Nova Scotia Agricultural College Occidental College Ohio Northern University Ohio State University OLEANE SA Open Shared Registration System Oregon State University Osaka Regional Information and Open Network Systems Oulu University Pacific Bell Pacific Communications Development Corp. PATHOGEN Pennsylvania State University Queen's University, Kingston, Canada Red Cientifica Peruana registro.br Research Institute for Symbolic Computation, University of Linz Reseaux IP Europeens RESTENA RFC 2345 TLD-WHOIS demonstration server Royal Institute of Technology Russian Institute for Public Networks Rutgers University San Diego State University Sandia National Laboratories SANET (WAN of Slovak academic institutions) Science and Technology Computing Center, Keio University Seednet Sheffield Hallam University Singapore Network Information Centre Sri Lanka Domain Registry St. John's University Stanford University Stanford University State University of New York at Binghamton State University of New York, Stony Brook Stichting Internet Domeinregistratie Nederland Sunquest Information Systems Swedish Institute of Computer Science SWITCH Swiss Academic and Research Network SWITCH Swiss Academic and Research Network Taiwan Network Information Center Tech. Univ. Madrid, Telecommunications Highschool Technical Research Centre of Finland Technical University of Brno Technische Universitaet Chemnitz Technische Universitat Wien Thailand Network Information Center The .AU Registry The Routing Arbiter Project TierraNet, Inc. TJ-NIC Tonic Domain Name Registry U. de Chile (NIC Chile) U.S. Department of Energy U.S. Department of Energy Headquarters UNINETT FAS (NORID) Univ. Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, D.G. de Servicios de Computo Academico Universitaet Regensburg University College, Australian Defense Force Academy University of Adelaide University of Baltimore University of California at Berkeley University of California at Davis University of California at San Diego University of California at San Diego, Division of Social Sciences University of California at San Francisco, School of Pharmacy University of Canterbury University of Chicago University of Costa Rica Computer Center University of Electro-Communications University of Houston University of Maryland University of Massachusetts at Amherst University of Miami, Rosentiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences University of Minnesota University of Natal (Durban) University of Nebraska at Lincoln University of New Brunswick University of Notre Dame University of Ottawa University of Pennsylvania University of Rochester University of Saskatchewan University of Saskatchewan, Engineering University of Sciences and Technologies of Lille - France University of Tartu University of Texas at Austin University of Victoria, Physics & Astronomy University of Virginia University of Western Australia University of Western Ontario University of Wisconsin US Domain Registry Victoria University, Wellington Waikato University Wake Forest University Washington University Wirtschaftsuniversitaet Wien Worcester Polytechnic Institute