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by reaperducer 460 days ago
For example, .es never had a public whois, and need to register with a national ID (and I think with a fixed IP address) to get access to it.

Is this new? I had an .es domain around 2011, and am not Spanish, or even European.
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tecleandor 459 days ago
Se my other comment [0] but I meant for accessing the WHOIS service, not for registering. If you try any type of WHOIS request you'll be replied with a message sending you to nic.es site, where you'll be presented with a captcha if you try to get information about a registered domain.

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  0: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43392356
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account42 460 days ago
You don't need WHOIS to register a domain.
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