Xech
CDCloudflare Developers
•Created by Xech on 2/11/2025 in #general-help
WHOIS shows my info despite redaction on at registration time
Good info. Thanks for all these clarifications. I'll stop spamming this thread now, but this all good information on how complex this is and that I'm on paths forward with Support.
A final point on gTLDs and ccTLDs, it seems there's some flex there as well as to what (maybe only monopoly-sized) orgs can choose to do, too. Google treats some ccTLDs as gTLDs: https://developers.google.com/search/docs/specialty/international/managing-multi-regional-sites#generic-domains
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CDCloudflare Developers
•Created by Xech on 2/11/2025 in #general-help
WHOIS shows my info despite redaction on at registration time
It's the difference between Whois Redaction and full whois privacyIs the MVP speaking here from 2018 mistaken in their claim that WHOIS privacy is explicitly offered by Cloudflare?: https://community.cloudflare.com/t/cloudflare-registrar-and-whois-privacy/36225
Redaction (which is what Cloudflare uses) simply doesn't send info.The TLD WHOIS wouldn't have been able to display my info at all in this case; is redaction done as an after-the-fact request that a WHOIS provider can deny or not support? This may affect whether or not I complete the transfer of other domains to this registrar.
not right for them to claim that it would be redacted repeatedly during the checkout processTrue, I'll leave these tickets open after all. Thank you again for helping me understand! I'd rather have my domains with Cloudflare but don't yet have the business revenue to support registered agent nor PO box for physical addressing.
Not as far as I am aware ofGiven the recent announcement by ICANN, is there any roadmap for sunsetting WHOIS and implementing RDAP, or for users to enable one or both?: https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann-update-launching-rdap-sunsetting-whois-27-01-2025-en I do see this little tool: https://rdap.cloudflareregistrar.com/
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CDCloudflare Developers
•Created by Xech on 2/11/2025 in #general-help
WHOIS shows my info despite redaction on at registration time
I've re-registered the domain with PorkBun and the domain WHOIS is now private per the official .ai WHOIS (http://whois.nic.ai/)
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CDCloudflare Developers
•Created by Xech on 2/11/2025 in #general-help
WHOIS shows my info despite redaction on at registration time
Extra questions on this:
- Are registrars like PorkBun, NameCheap, NameSilo, Proxy LLC, etc. in violation considering this domain is privatized by them per the official .ai WHOIS (http://whois.nic.ai/) and using Cloudflare name servers? This seems to contradict James' update and implies the issue may reside with Cloudflare:
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websim.ai
- copy.ai
- guides.ai
- notion.ai
- character.ai
- jasper.ai
- I imagine the no refund policy is still in effect for registering this domain for two years despite there being an option to enable WHOIS privacy during registration and seemingly being a feature other registrars can provide?
- Is there a definitive source of truth for which TLDs are compatible with WHOIS privacy, or a list of sources per TLD? The policies page seems to be outdated: https://www.cloudflare.com/tld-policies34 replies
CDCloudflare Developers
•Created by Xech on 2/11/2025 in #general-help
WHOIS shows my info despite redaction on at registration time
Ah ok. I'll likely forego the domain if .ai has the same caveat as .us so thank you for the update! I'll cancel those tickets once I get access to the portal.
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CDCloudflare Developers
•Created by Xech on 2/11/2025 in #general-help
WHOIS shows my info despite redaction on at registration time
There aren't by chance published SLAs for paid support?
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CDCloudflare Developers
•Created by Xech on 2/11/2025 in #general-help
WHOIS shows my info despite redaction on at registration time
Gotcha. Thank you again for the link to the official one.
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CDCloudflare Developers
•Created by Xech on 2/11/2025 in #general-help
WHOIS shows my info despite redaction on at registration time
Ok. My support ticket about support tickets is 01385341. Thank you for your help!
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CDCloudflare Developers
•Created by Xech on 2/11/2025 in #general-help
WHOIS shows my info despite redaction on at registration time
Trying to check status refers me here with a database insert failure parameter:
https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/account-management-billing/cannot-locate-dashboard-account/?ErrorCode=41&ErrorDescription=Execution+error&ErrorDetails=DML%3AInsert+failed.+First+exception+on+row+0%3B+first+error%3A+UNKNOWN_EXCEPTION%2C+portal+account+owner+must+have+a+role%3A+%5B%5D
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CDCloudflare Developers
•Created by Xech on 2/11/2025 in #general-help
WHOIS shows my info despite redaction on at registration time
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CDCloudflare Developers
•Created by Xech on 2/11/2025 in #general-help
WHOIS shows my info despite redaction on at registration time
Ok I toggled WHOIS Privacy off and on again. How long would you estimate propagation to take, day or two?
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CDCloudflare Developers
•Created by Xech on 2/11/2025 in #general-help
WHOIS shows my info despite redaction on at registration time
I wonder if sites scraped it in the brief window before redaction was enabled.
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CDCloudflare Developers
•Created by Xech on 2/11/2025 in #general-help
WHOIS shows my info despite redaction on at registration time
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CDCloudflare Developers
•Created by Xech on 2/11/2025 in #general-help
WHOIS shows my info despite redaction on at registration time
Hmm actually ICANN is showing accurately now. It's who.is that isn't.
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CDCloudflare Developers
•Created by Xech on 2/11/2025 in #general-help
WHOIS shows my info despite redaction on at registration time
I would imagine this might be something I need to contact ICANN about? https://www.icann.org/complaints-office
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CDCloudflare Developers
•Created by Xech on 2/11/2025 in #general-help
WHOIS shows my info despite redaction on at registration time
The TLD is
.ai. I've had no such issue with my .io domain name. GoDaddy is showing redacted for the domain, but ICANN isn't.34 replies