caveman - 7:07 am on Oct 7, 2005 (gmt 0)

Well to beat a dead horse, I'm not talking about WHOIS. People lie in WHOIS so even when it's not made private it might not be legit. What IS legit is the credit card or other financial info that's needed to buy/renew domains. Hard to fake that, other than to put domains in the names of a spouse, relative or friend.

Bottom line question: Ignoring what is or is not visible in WHOIS, can a registrar I have no domains with peer into the records of a domain I have registered elsewhere, to find out my real name, address, email and whatever else I've provided? OR is that info exclusive to the registrar with whom the domain is registered.

Can/does one registrar ever contact another trying to find out this info, even if it's SUPPOSED to be exclusive to the registrar controlling the domain?

When can someone peer into that set of supposedly private records?