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Re: Find every domain someone owns automatically

#81
post #41

Must say, I'm not a fan of yours or similar services, or whois databases for that matter. Privacy should be easier on the internet for people owning domain names.

Why do you think privacy should be easier for domain owners? Shouldn't it instead be easy for a visitor to find out who owns the domain and is responsible (content, technical or legal) for a certain site?

Re: Find every domain someone owns automatically

#82

I didn't look into what this is doing but it's not finding 1/2 of my domains (they are not private). I'm guessing it's not "Find every domain someone owns" it's "Find every domain that meets X criteria" which may more may not be every domain someone owns.

Hi! Would love to know more about the domains it's not finding. Are they Country Code domains or gTLDs? Any other info so we can debug would be awesome. Thanks for trying the service!

Re: Find every domain someone owns automatically

#83

I didn't look into what this is doing but it's not finding 1/2 of my domains (they are not private). I'm guessing it's not "Find every domain someone owns" it's "Find every domain that meets X criteria" which may more may not be every domain someone owns.

Yeah, I was fairly unimpressed when it didn't even manage to lookup the first domain I entered (it's not new and it's not private). I guess it might be useful for some domains, but there's no way I'd rely on it.

Same about this one. Any further info so we can enhance the user experience would be awesome. We have a tough time still with ccTLDs because registries locking down the zone files. Any more info or suggestions appreciated.

Re: Find every domain someone owns automatically

#85
post #53

The results page should always show what your search term was. Currently it only shows this when the search finds something. If nothing is found, all it does is tell you that nothing was found. That leaves you with no way to check to make sure you entered the right term, other than typing it again. If you are typing it right but auto-correct is kicking in when you hit enter, even trying again might fail because your…

Awesome ideas. Will implement. If you'd like updates in the future drop me a line at chris at securitytrails.com - would love to have you keep testing.

Re: Find every domain someone owns automatically

#86
post #53

The results page should always show what your search term was. Currently it only shows this when the search finds something. If nothing is found, all it does is tell you that nothing was found. That leaves you with no way to check to make sure you entered the right term, other than typing it again. If you are typing it right but auto-correct is kicking in when you hit enter, even trying again might fail because your…

+1 on search term! And if you enter a domain that doesn't exist, it throws you back to the homepage with no way to fix it :( Another feature request: When entering an IP, there's very little information available on it (only the hosting provider). Would be nice to get latlong, country etc (a la https://www.iplocation.net/ ). Because seriously, that is an insanely cool database. I can even find all the sites that shar…

awesome. thanks for the feedback! great idea, we'll implement this week. Would love to stay in touch.

Re: Find every domain someone owns automatically

#88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hi! We acquired 4 companies that have been doing lots of cool data work. We also license and collect our own data to mix in. There's different granularity depending on the data (WHOIS history, Name Server history, DNS record history, technologies used) etc. We're constantly improving it. The thesis we have is that if you get hacked, it often times is through an old server or satellite domain. We're building tools to…

Just out of curiosity, was one of those companies originally named DeletedDomains.com? They had the full root zone (of the ones now managed by Verisign GRS anyway) since approximately 2001 (my involvement with them was 2003).

hey - no. wwws.io, dnstrails.com were the main ones for this data

Re: Find every domain someone owns automatically

#90
post #41

Must say, I'm not a fan of yours or similar services, or whois databases for that matter. Privacy should be easier on the internet for people owning domain names.

Why do you think privacy should be easier for domain owners? Shouldn't it instead be easy for a visitor to find out who owns the domain and is responsible (content, technical or legal) for a certain site?

Also think about online shops which turn out to be scams.

But perhaps there should be a possibility to remain anonymous (and the browser informing the user that this is the case).

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