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This says that Getting a full copy of the WHOIS database is good to scan whois data for my class assignment.

How do I do so with vb.net?

Do I use a webclient? What's the host? Get or post?

I tried 

http://registrar.verisign-grs.com/webwhois-ui/rest/whois?q=nationaltirewarehouse.org&tld=org&type=domain

followed by

page = wc.DownloadString(URL)

it works for .com and .net but not for .org.

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  • What do you mean by "it works for .com and .net but not for .org"? What does working vs. not working look like? Do you get error messages? Or just no results? – carols10cents Oct 20 '13 at 17:58
  • I cannot look up .org domains with this code. Actually, how do you automate whoising anyway? – user4951 Oct 21 '13 at 02:10

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Verisign does not offer whois services for .org domains, they only give whois data for .com and .net domains. The official .org whois database is controlled by whois.pir.org.

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