{
  "id": "whois",
  "slug": "whois-lookup",
  "title": "WHOIS Lookup",
  "description": "Look up the WHOIS registration data for any public domain — registrar, dates and nameservers.",
  "category": "networking",
  "tags": ["whois", "domain", "registrar", "expiration", "dns"],
  "icon": "globe",
  "needsBackend": true,
  "relatedModules": ["dns-lookup", "tcp-port-check"],
  "seoIntro": "WHOIS is the public registry that records who owns a domain name, when it was registered, when it expires and which nameservers are authoritative.\n\nThis tool queries the authoritative WHOIS server for the requested TLD and returns a parsed summary plus the raw response. Lookups are rate-limited to keep the service free.",
  "seoFaq": [
    { "q": "Why is some data redacted?", "a": "Since GDPR most registrars redact personal contact info from public WHOIS responses. Registrar, dates and nameservers are still available." },
    { "q": "Are all TLDs supported?", "a": "Most ccTLDs and gTLDs that publish a WHOIS server through IANA. A few TLDs (e.g. .au) require a different protocol and are not covered here." },
    { "q": "How fresh is the data?", "a": "Live from the registrar's WHOIS server, with a 10-minute server-side cache to reduce load." }
  ]
}