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MyIPKit— Your network, explained.

RDAP Lookup

Query official registries for a domain, a public IP block or an AS number — registration dates, status, nameservers and abuse contact.

MyIPKit works out which registry to ask. Private and reserved addresses have no public registration.

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Lookups are processed on request and are not stored. MyIPKit keeps no record of what you look up.

How to use this tool

Enter any of three things and MyIPKit routes the query to the right registry automatically:

  • A domain name such as example.com — answered by the registry for that top-level domain.
  • A public IP address such as 8.8.8.8 — answered by the regional internet registry that allocated the block.
  • An AS number such as AS13335 or 13335 — answered by the registry that assigned it.

Reading the results

Handle is the registry’s own identifier for the object. Status values such as clientTransferProhibited describe registrar locks, which are a normal protective measure rather than a problem. History shows when the record was created, last changed and — for domains — when it expires.

How MyIPKit queries safely

The lookup always starts at a fixed bootstrap endpoint; you cannot point this tool at a server of your choosing. Every redirect the registry issues is re-checked against an allowlist of known RDAP hosts, the number of redirects is capped, the response size is limited and the request times out rather than hanging.

Limitations

  • Private, loopback and reserved IP addresses have no public registration and are refused.
  • Registries redact most personal data. MyIPKit cannot and does not try to reveal it.
  • A handful of top-level domains still do not operate an RDAP service; those queries return no data.
  • Registration data is not a reliable indicator of who is operating a service today.

What is RDAP, and how is it different from WHOIS?

RDAP is the Registration Data Access Protocol, the IETF-standardised replacement for WHOIS. It returns structured JSON instead of free-form text, uses standard HTTPS with proper status codes, and supports internationalised data and differentiated access. Registries have been required to run RDAP alongside WHOIS for years.

Why are the registrant’s name and address missing?

Most registries redact personal registrant data in their public responses, in line with privacy law. MyIPKit shows what the registry publishes and does not attempt to recover redacted fields. It also deliberately surfaces only the abuse contact rather than republishing every contact in the record.

Can I look up any domain?

Most generic and country-code top-level domains run an RDAP service. A few do not, and some restrict access. When a registry has no RDAP endpoint the lookup will report that no data was found.